Dan Mask, Liberia or Ivory Coast

on a base by the Japanese wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), Paris, with his stamped signature on the reverse.

Paul Guillaume, Paris
Earl Horter, Philadelphia, by 1929-30
Helen Lloyd Horter Kelly, New Jersey, by descent from the above
Paula K. Muller, Massachusetts, by descent from the above
Sotheby's, New York, November 18 and 20, 2000, lot 73, consigned by the above
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and his Collection, March 7 - May 16, 1999

Innis Howe Shoemaker, Mad for Modernism: Earl Horter and his Collection, Phildelphia, 1999, p. 143, plate 90

Good condition for an object of this type and age. Old abrasions to mouth, nose, and chin, now patinated over. Wear to rim on reverse. Minor marks, nicks, scratches, dents, and abrasions consistent with age and use. Exceptionally fine glossy dark brown patina. Attached to base with a screw and binding (loose). Inagaki base with some wear around edges.
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