The Three Yoruba Brothers

Acquired

Three brothers. One inheritance. The light arranges itself around them like a verdict.

Medium

Mixed media on canvas

Dimensions

42 × 56 in

Year

2024

Edition

Original · Acquired

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The lineage that holds three points. What the family carries together.

Provenance

Studio of Anthony Azekwoh · Lagos · 2024
Private collection, 2025

Details

Three figures from the Yoruba pantheon, painted as the brothers they are. They stand close enough that the shadows touch. The painting refuses the hierarchy the old stories tried to force on them. Eldest, middle, youngest, all hold the frame equally. This was the first piece Anthony sold from the standalone canon, and the painting that opened the door to everything after.

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Artist's Note

Three brothers. Three oba. Forbidden from meeting face to face. I painted them the only way the taboo allows. Each dissolved into saturated colour, faced in a different direction, looking elsewhere. The story shifts in the telling. So does the painting.