Sculpture: Africa, Pacific, Americas

Sculpture: Africa, Pacific, Americas

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Property from an American Private Collection

Senufo Champion Cultivator Staff, Côte d'Ivoire

Lot Closed

December 4, 05:53 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from an American Private Collection

Senufo Champion Cultivator Staff, Côte d'Ivoire


Height (overall): 54 1/2 in (138.5 cm); Height (figure): 13 in (33 cm)

Helena Rubinstein, Paris and New York
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, The Helena Rubinstein Collection: African and Oceanic Art, Parts One and Two, April 21 & 29, 1966, lot 100
Alexander S. Honig, Bronxville, New York, acquired at the above auction
Sotheby's, New York, The Alexander S. Honig Collection of African Art, May 18, 1993, lot 55
Lance and Roberta Entwistle, London, acquired at the above auction
American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1993
Bernard de Grunne, Senufo Champion Cultivator Staffs, Brussels, 2014, pp. 24-25, cat. no. 8
Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi, Senufo Unbound: Dynamics of Art and Identity in West Africa, Milan, 2014, p. 158, pl. 110 (also published in French as Senufo sans frontières. La dynamique des arts et des identités)
Hélène Joubert, ed., Helena Rubinstein. La collection de Madame, Paris, 2019, p. 109, cat. no. 23 (also published in English as Helena Rubinstein: Madame's Collection)