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Mossi Female Figure, Burkina Faso
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 USD
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Description
Red wood with an old patina- Height: 18 1/2 in (47 cm)
Provenance
Pablo Picasso, Paris
Marina Ruiz Picasso, Geneva, by descent from the above
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired from the above
Marina Ruiz Picasso, Geneva, by descent from the above
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired from the above
Literature
Peter Stephan, Picasso's Collection of African & Oceanic Art, Munich and New York, 2006, pp. 64-65, 90, 115, and 124, cat. 30, pl. 25
Catalogue Note
This fine Mossi figure was in the collection of Pablo Picasso at his residence in Cannes, Villa La Californie, and was recorded there in a 1974 inventory photograph following the artist's death (see Stephan 2006: 114-115).