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Kamba Male Power Figure, Kenya
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
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Description
- wood, metal, cloth
- Height: 8 1/4 in (21 cm)
kithuti
Provenance
Peter Loebarth, Hameln
Sulaiman Diane, New York
Fred Jahn, Munich
Walter and Molly Bareiss, Greenwich, Connecticut
Thence by family descent
Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2008, lot 187, consigned by the above
Myron Kunin, Minneapolis, acquired at the above auction
Sulaiman Diane, New York
Fred Jahn, Munich
Walter and Molly Bareiss, Greenwich, Connecticut
Thence by family descent
Sotheby's, New York, May 16, 2008, lot 187, consigned by the above
Myron Kunin, Minneapolis, acquired at the above auction
Exhibited
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Africa: The Art of a Continent, October 4, 1995 - January 21, 1996
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, March 27 - May 23, 1999; additional venues:
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, August 30 - October 19, 1997
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, November 12, 1997 - January 18, 1998
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, April 8 - July 5, 1998
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, September 26, 1999 - January 10, 2000
The University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, March 27 - May 23, 1999; additional venues:
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, August 30 - October 19, 1997
Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna, November 12, 1997 - January 18, 1998
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, April 8 - July 5, 1998
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, New York, September 26, 1999 - January 10, 2000
Literature
Tom Phillips, ed., Africa: The Art of a Continent, Munich, 1995, p. 143, fig. 2.25
Christopher D. Roy, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, Seattle, 1997, pp. 55 and 319, fig. 1
Christopher D. Roy, 'African Art from the Bareiss Collection', African Arts, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Summer 1999, p. 53, fig. 1
Christopher D. Roy, Kilengi: African Art from the Bareiss Family Collection, Seattle, 1997, pp. 55 and 319, fig. 1
Christopher D. Roy, 'African Art from the Bareiss Collection', African Arts, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Summer 1999, p. 53, fig. 1