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Lot 11
  • 11

Figure de reliquaire, Kota, Gabon

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 EUR
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Description

  • kota
  • Figure de reliquaire
  • haut. 54 cm
  • 21 2/5 in

Provenance

Collection Sam Raeburn, Bethesda
Parke Bernet, New York, 25 mai 1968, n° 117
Collection Renee and Chaim Gross, New York
Sotheby's, New York, The Sculptor's eye : African and Oceanic art from the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, 15 mai 2009, n° 47
Collection Oliver et Pamela Cobb, Seattle

Exhibited

Washington D.C., Museum of African Art, The Sculptor's Eye : The African Art Collection of Mr and Mrs. Chaim Gross, 1976
New York, The Center for African Art, Africa Explores : 20th Century African Art, 16 mai - 31 décembre 1991

Literature

Rubin, The Sculptor's Eye, 1976, p. 66, n° 56a
Chaffin, L'art Kota, 1980, p. 192, n° 97
Robbins & Nooter, African Art in American collections, 2004, p. 338, n° 878, et dos de couverture
Vogel, Africa Explores : 20th Century African Art, 1991, p. 258 et couverture, n° 122

Condition

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