The William W. Brill Collection of African Art

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Lot 80
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A rare Kongo mask

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

of hollowed oval form, the pursed lips beneath the large nose and framed by pierced, heavy-lidded eyes and raised brows and wearing a cap-like coiffure; '626'; aged surface with layers of kaolin.

Provenance

Ruth and Paul Tishman, New York
Acquired from Pace Gallery, New York, February 27, 1976

Exhibited

Paris, Musée de l'Homme, Arts Connus et Arts Mesconnus de l'Afrique Noire: Paul Tishman Collection, 1966
Jerusalem, The Israel Museum, Masterpieces of African Art: The Tishman Collection, Spring - Summer 1967
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Sculpture of Black Africa: The Paul Tishman Collection, October 16, 1968 - January 5, 1969 (for additional venues see bibliography, LACMA 1968)

Literature

Paris 1966: number 98
Jerusalem 1967: number 201
LACMA 1968: number 135
Lehuard 1978: 21