£6,000
African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities | 576
Auction: 15 October 2019 at 16:00 BST
carved wood, standing on a circular base, the muscular legs rising to the torso with protruding abdomen, prominent pectorals and angular shoulders, the hands placed on the torso in a typical pose, the long slender neck rises to the square head with finely detailed facial features and an incised beard, the long coiffure hollowed at the back, raised on a bespoke base and with a varied dark red patina
Provenance:
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels
Merton Simpson, New York
Private collection, Europe (acquired from the Morris Gallery, Michigan, March 9th 1973)
Todd Gordon, United Kingdom (acquired at Sotheby's New York, November 19th 1999, lot 338)
Published:
Broudy and Youngblood. Icon and Symbol: The Cult of the Ancestor in African Art, 1975. Figure 55.
Kan. Detroit Collects African Art, 1977. P. 188.
Exhibited:
Icon and Symbol. Cranbrook Academy of Art. May 30th - July 20th, 1975.
Detroit Collects African Art. The Detroit Institute of Art. April 21st - May 29th, 1977.