Frédéric Bruly Bouabré - Légende 'Lekagnon' - 30 original drawings

This collection of thirty drawings unfolds as a vivid visual epic by Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, narrating the mythic journey of Lekagnon — a tale of birth, initiation, and return deeply rooted in Bété oral tradition. Executed in Bouabré’s unmistakable style, each small card combines a hand-colored, line-drawn image with surrounding text that frames the story like both caption and incantation. The sequence begins with scenes of gestation and birth, evoking the cosmic and human origins of life, then moves through depictions of everyday customs, forest hunts, spiritual encounters, and moral trials. Along the way, Lekagnon confronts the unknown — from dense wilderness to horned hybrid beings — before emerging transformed and reconciled with his ancestral home. The series captures Bouabré’s unique synthesis of ethnography, philosophy, and storytelling, where the intimate and the universal coexist. With their naïve formalism, luminous colors, and rhythmic script, these drawings transform an oral legend into a timeless written-visual archive of memory and moral reflection.
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Légende 'Lekagnon', 30 original drawings on cardboard, hand signed by Frédéric Bruly Bouabré, 1999
Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity.
From the Bruly Bouabré Collection: https://www.brulybouabre.com/