This is a master study of the painting that Richard Mutt was commissioned to create to commemorate President Nkende's inauguration in 2003. I don't know what the meaning of the items on the desk are. There are many photos of President Nkende with his cigars, so the cigar and the humidor make sense. But I don't know what the item, perhaps a flipped-down frame, is meant to signify. I also don't know the significance of his various medals, as all the available information pertaining to the painting is in French, and I don't understand French.

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