The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

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Mumuye Figure, Nigeria

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Mumuye Figure, Nigeria


Height: 45 in (114 cm)

Guy Montbarbon, Paris
Wolfgang Lauber, Konstanz
Christie’s, Paris, June 23, 2015, lot 21
Acquired at the above auction
Städtische Galerie Neues Schloss und Bibelgalerie, Meersburg am Bodensee, Die expressive Geste - Deutsche Expressionisten und afrikanische Kunst, June 7 – September 2, 2007
Peter Stepan and Wolfgang Lauber, Die expressive Geste - Deutsche Expressionisten und afrikanische Kunst, Ostfildern, 2007, fig. 11

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