The Torch — artwork #10199 by Aniekan Udofia · Washington, United States
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Aniekan Udofia is an American painter and muralist of Nigerian descent born in 1976. He grew up between Washington DC and Nigeria, and trained at the University of the District of Columbia (UDC) and the Maryland College of Art & Design, supplementing his education with intensive study of comic-book illustration and hip-hop album artwork (GZA, Organized Konfusion). In the 2000s, he became an edito…
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Added 19/05/2026
Fresco unveiled on June 21, 2017 in the alley adjacent to Ben's Chili Bowl, at the corner of Ben Ali Way and U Street. The work brings together sixteen portraits of African American icons — Harriet Tubman carrying a torch at the top, Barack and Michelle Obama, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Chuck Brown, Roberta Flack, Dave Chappelle, Dick Gregory — selected through a public vote that gathered 30,000 ballots. A star-spangled banner runs through the composition.
The artwork Le Flambeau is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Washington in United States, more precisely here: 1213 U Street NW, Washington DC 20009.
This graffiti is also tagged as: icons, us-flag, musicians, photorealism, faces.
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The photo was published on 19-05-2026 by an unknown hunter.
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