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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Marriage is Hotter than Pepper
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Marriage is Hotter than Pepper

Artist Kwame Akoto (Ghanaian, born 1950)
Date2005
Made/manufacturedKumasi, Ghana
MediumPigment on plywood
Dimensions25 9/16 × 24 7/16 in. (65 × 62 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Doran Ross
Object number2018.75.1
Collections
Descriptionrealistic representation of woman in 2 poses on each half of the canvas; on left, black and white image with frowning woman with hand on chin, and two red peppers on her head; on the black frame beside her has "marriage is hotter than pepper' written vertically in white; The right half has an image in color of a woman smiling and with two bananas to her right; written in white letters above her on the black frame is
"You lie, marriage is sweeter than banana, even than honey".
Please include details regarding inscriptions (i.e. edition number, signature, etc.) Signed : Kwame Akoto, Almighty God Artworks. Kumasi on lower right corner.

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