Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

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Property from an American Private Collection

Wurkun Vertical Mask, Benue River Valley, Nigeria

Lot Closed

November 22, 07:59 PM GMT

Estimate

120,000 - 180,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Wurkun Vertical Mask, Benue River Valley, Nigeria


Height: 47 1/8 in (119.3 cm)

Philippe Guimiot and Jacques Kerchache, acquired in situ in 1969
Private Collection, acquired from the former
De Quay-Lombrail, Paris, June 21, 1995, lot 70, consigned by the above
Baudouin de Grunne, Wezembeek-Oppem
Bernard de Grunne, Brussels
American Private Collection, acquired from the above in 1997
Luc de Heusch et al., Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch privé-bezit, Brussels, 1988, p. 185, cat. no. 129
Luc de Heusch et al., Utotombo. L’Art d’Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Brussels, 1988, p. 185, cat. no. 129
Marla C. Berns, Richard Fardon, and Sidney Littlefield Kasfir, eds., Central Nigeria Unmasked: Arts of the Benue River Valley, Los Angeles, 2011, p. 450, cat. no. 14.25
Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch privé-bezit / Utotombo. L’Art d’Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, March 25 - June 5, 1988