The William W. Brill Collection of African Art

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Lot 43
  • 43

A fine Baule shutter

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

the bush-cow head of stylized form with a square snout, crescent-shaped eyes and arching horns carved in high relief against the rectangular shutter; fine aged surface with black, red and white pigment.

Provenance

Helena Rubinstein, New York and Paris
Acquired from Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, October 15, 1966, lot 31

Exhibited

New York, Museum of Primitive Art, African Sculpture Lent by New York Collectors, Summer 1958
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Selections from the William W. Brill Collection of African Art, May 5 – August 31, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, Milwaukee 1969)
New York, Museum for African Art, Baule: African Art, Western Eyes, September 11, 1998 - January 2, 1999

Literature

Museum of Primitive Art 1958: figure 3, catalogue number 37b
Vogel 1997: 290