Peterson Kamwathi (Kenyan, born 1980) Ndizi from the Constitutional Bulls series inscribed 'Draft' and dated '2005', inscribed 'Bomas' (verso) oil on incised woodcut plate 60 x 76cm (23 5/8 x 29 15/16in). Footnotes: Provenance Acquired directly from the artist. Much of Kamwathi's work refers to historically important events. Elsbeth Court writes: 'Kamwathi extended the reference to the iconic bull to cover the 2002-3 Constitutional Conference which met in a large venue known as the Bomas of Kenya. Thus the drafting of that power-sharing constitution became known as the 'Bomas Process' The then government offered the public an altered version of the 'Bomas Draft', which when put to a national referendum was roundly defeated and resulted in frustrating stalemate. These events set Kimathi to devise his epic Constitutional Bulls series (2005-8) of twelve woodcut blocks. The outline of each bull is filled with a distinct motif for instance the Ndizi Bull with Bananas the referendum's sign for YES' The artist then produced a small edition of no more than two to three woodblock prints including artist's proofs. The original woodcut plates are the only unique works from this process. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com