Lot 382
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Mbala Male Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Height: 16 1/2 inches (42 cm)

Provenance

John J. Klejman, New York
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, October 11, 1974, lot 107 (not illustrated), consigned by the above
David Roth, Sharon, Connecticut, acquired at the above auction
Al Ross, New York, acquired from the above
Michael Oliver, New York, acquired from the above
James Willis, San Francisco, acquired from the above in 1979
Marc and Ruth Franklin, San Francisco, acquired from the above in 1980
Sotheby's, New York, May 8, 1996, lot 124, consigned by the above

Exhibited

The Fine Arts Museum of San Fransisco, San Francisco, Forms and Forces: Dynamics of African Figurative Sculpture, 1998

Literature

Kathleen Berrin and Tom Seligmann, Forms and Forces: Dynamics of African Figurative Sculpture, San Francisco, 1988, p. 31, cat. 20
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989, Washington, 1989, p. 415, no. 1056