African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
ELOYI (AFO) MATERNITY FIGURE, BENUE VALLEY, NIGERIA
Wood
Height: 13 ¾ in (34.9 cm)
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels
Ben Tursch, Brussels, acquired from the above
Private Collection, Brussels
Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London and Paris
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on June 18, 2006
Philippe Guimiot and Lucien Van de Velde, Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika/Arts premiers d'Afrique noire, Brussels, 1977, p. 73, cat. no. 40
Roger Vokaer, La maternité dans les arts premiers/Het Moederschap in de Primitive Kunsten, Brussels, 1977, p. 52, cat. no. 31
Luc de Heusch et al., Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch privé-bezit, Brussels, 1988, p. 87, cat. no. XIX
Luc de Heusch et al., Utotombo. L'Art d’Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Brussels, 1988, p. 87, cat. no. XIX
Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, The Tribal Arts of Africa, London, 1998, p. 90, fig. A
Jean-Baptiste Bacquart, L’art tribal d’Afrique noire, Paris, 1998, p. 90, fig. A