Moonflower Abstract
Ishmael Chitiyo

2011

Fruit Serpentine

54cm (h)

47cm (w)

9cm (d)

19.5kg

£425

The moon is on the left,in its crescent form, and the flower is on the right.

Ishmael is one of our top young artists. His work is wonderfully abstract and uses a clever combination of angles and curves; here he has chosen to polish the whole sculpture so the shiny smooth surfaces emphasise the confidence of the bold lines. A really eye-catching medium-size piece and great value for an original one-off sculpture.

Fruit serpentine is the local Zimbabwean name for this colourful, slightly translucent type of serpentine stone. It comes from Kwekwe and is of a similar hardness to the black serpentine known as springstone.

Shona stone sculpture Moonflower Abstract by Zimbabwean artist Ishmael Chitiyo Shona stone sculpture Moonflower Abstract by Zimbabwean artist Ishmael Chitiyo Shona stone sculpture Moonflower Abstract by Zimbabwean artist Ishmael Chitiyo