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Fang Arm Mask for the Bouti Society, Gabon
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- wood
- Height: 14 3/8 in (36.5 cm)
Provenance
Hotel Drouot, Paris, December 17, 1981, lot 48
Patrick Dierickx, Brussels
William W. Brill, New York, acquired from the above on February 8, 1982
Sotheby's, New York, The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, November 17, 2006, lot 74
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction
Patrick Dierickx, Brussels
William W. Brill, New York, acquired from the above on February 8, 1982
Sotheby's, New York, The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, November 17, 2006, lot 74
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction
Exhibited
The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Connecticut, Three African Traditions: The Art of the Dogon, Fang, and Songye, January 31 - April 18, 1999
Literature
Raymonde Wilhelem, Le Guidargus de l'art primitif:1965-1985, 20 ans d'art primitif en ventes publiques, Paris, 1985, p. 125
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989, Washington D.C., 1989, p. 336, fig. 872
Esther M. Dagan, African Dolls for Play and Magic/Poupees Africaines Pour Jeux et Magie, Montreal, 1990, p. 98, fig. 29.2
Allen Wardwell, Three African Traditions: The Art of the Dogon, Fang and Songye, Greenwich, 1999, p. 27, fig. 40
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989, Washington D.C., 1989, p. 336, fig. 872
Esther M. Dagan, African Dolls for Play and Magic/Poupees Africaines Pour Jeux et Magie, Montreal, 1990, p. 98, fig. 29.2
Allen Wardwell, Three African Traditions: The Art of the Dogon, Fang and Songye, Greenwich, 1999, p. 27, fig. 40