Ablade Glover (Ghanaian, born 1934)


At Prayer (blue) signed and dated 'Glo/ 01' (lower right)oil on canvas103 x 152cm (40 9/16 x 59 13/16in).
|ProvenanceA private collection, Switzerland.This painting is quintessential Glover, executed in the fluid brushstrokes and textured impasto that have become his trademark. It belongs to a body of work begun in the early 2000s that explores the act of worship. The city's residents have come together to pray, the foreheads respectfully bowed to the ground. The harmonious palette of blues and violet lend the work an aura of spiritual tranquility.