Lot 59
  • 59

Mahafaly Funerary Post, Madagascar

Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height: 69 inches (175 cm)

Provenance

Mary McFadden, New York, collected in Madagascar circa 1969
Sotheby's New York, April 22, 1980, lot 112, consigned by the above
Saul Bellow, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above auction with the assistance of Warren M. Robbins
The Robbins Center For Cross Cultural Communication, Washington, D.C., acquired from the above in 1984

Exhibited

Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C., 1981
The College of Wooster Art Museum, Wooster, Ohio, Art of Africa: Objects from the Collection of Warren Robbins, January 16 - March 5, 2007; additional venues:
William Weston Clarke Emison Museum of Art, DePauw University, Greencastle, Indiana, September 21 - December 16, 2007
Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 18 - May 18, 2008
Ruthmere Museum, Elkhart, Indiana, May 31 - September 14, 2008
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia, October 3 - December 29, 2008
Meredith Gallery, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Virginia, January 23 - March 22, 2009
Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, California, April 26 - July 19, 2009
Pensacola Museum of Art, Pensacola, Florida, August 7 - October 4, 2009
Evansville Museum of Arts, History and Science, Evansville, Indiana, January 17 - March 14, 2010
Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery at Keene State College, Keene, New Hampshire, September 1 - October 27, 2010
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Gallery at College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, Massachusetts, January 26 - April 1, 2011
Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, Mason City, Iowa, April 21 - June 19, 2011
Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., September 5 - November 28, 2011
Historic City Hall Arts & Cultural Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana, January 13 - March 10, 2012