​Ben Enwonwu’s Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000

​Ben Enwonwu’s Portrait Of Tutu Sold At Auction For £1,205,000

Legendary Nigerian artist, Professor Ben Enwonwu’s painting of an Ile-Ife princess, Adetutu Ademiluyi, who he met while he was a lecturer at University of Ife has been sold at auction for  £1,205,000. 

Professor Enwonwu made the painting of the Ife princess in 1973 and 1974, but the painting went missing for many years until it was recently found in a London flat.