African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
SONGYE MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
70,000 - 100,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
SONGYE MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Wood, fiber
Height: 13 in (33 cm)
Reportedly collected in situ and brought to Belgium in the 1930s
Camille Duyck, Brussels
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels
Merton D. Simpson, New York (inv. no. 6769)
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on December 8, 1993
Allen Wardwell, Three African Traditions: the Art of the Dogon, Fang and Songye, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1999, p. 38, cat. no. 61
John Pemberton III, Crosscurrents: Art of the Southeastern Congo, Northampton, 2011, p. 37, cat. no. 21