Cousin Ty presents a figure rendered in Ludovic Nkoth's signature layered acrylic technique, where warm skin tones dissolve into gestural passages of color that feel simultaneously intimate and monumental. Working at a compact 61 by 45.7 centimeters, Nkoth achieves a concentrated emotional intensity, drawing the viewer into close proximity with a subject whose identity carries both personal and collective weight. The title suggests a specific familial bond, grounding the work in the artist's lived experience while opening outward into broader questions of Black identity, visibility, and the tenderness of portraiture. Born in Cameroon and based in New York, Nkoth has built a rapidly growing body of work that reconsiders how Black subjects are represented and celebrated on canvas. His paintings resist any single stylistic category, weaving together influences from African visual traditions, European modernism, and contemporary figuration into compositions that feel urgently alive. Cousin Ty, dated 2020, belongs to a formative period in the artist's practice, as his distinctive voice was consolidating international recognition, with exhibitions at major institutions following in close succession. Signed by the artist, this work is being offered through the MoAD Benefit Auction, connecting its acquisition to an institution dedicated to the artistic and cultural contributions of the African diaspora. For collectors drawn to figurative painting that operates with both emotional precision and painterly freedom, Cousin Ty represents an opportunity to acquire a meaningful early work from one of the most compelling voices in contemporary portraiture.