Lot 307
  • 307

Kongo-Yombe Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description


  • Wood and pigment
  • Height: 15 3/4 inches (40 cm)
the number '626' painted on interior rim; with old labels on reverse including: a round Mathias Komor Works of Art sticker inscribed "M3[?]4 / Loango"; two labels typewritten with "KONGO / Pl-7" and "CATALOG NO. 135"; and two other stickers with "135" and "433".

Provenance

Mathias Komor, New York
Ruth and Paul Tishman, New York
Pace Gallery, New York
William Brill, New York, acquired from the above on February 27, 1976
Sotheby's, New York, The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, November 17, 2006, lot 80
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction

Exhibited

Musée de l’Homme, Paris, Arts connus et arts méconnus de l'Afrique noire: Collection Paul Tishman, 1966
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Masterpieces of African Art: The Tishman Collection, Spring-Summer, 1967
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Sculpture of Black Africa: The Paul Tishman Collection, October 16, 1968 - January 5, 1969; additional venues: 
The High Museum of Art, Atlanta
Virginia Museum, Richmond, August 31 - November 12, 1970
College of Fine Arts, University of Texas, Austin
University of Illinois, Champaign
City Art Museum of Saint Louis, August 20- October 17, 1971
Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines

Literature

Musée de l'Homme, Arts connus et arts méconnus de l'Afrique noire: Collection Paul Tishman, Paris, 1966, unpaginated, cat. 98
The Israel Museum, Masterpieces of African Art, Tishman Collection, Jerusalem, 1967, p. 19, cat. 201
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sculptures of Black Africa: the Paul Tishman Collection, Los Angeles, 1968, p. 124, cat. 135
Werner Gillon, Collecting African Art, London, 1979, pp. 100-101, fig. 122
Studio Vista, Promotional Leaflet for the book Collecting African Art, London, 1979
Raoul Lehuard, "La collection William Brill", Arts d'Afrique Noire, No. 26, Arnouville, 1978, p. 21
Raoul Lehuard, Art Bakongo: Les Masques, Arnouville, 1993, p. 750