
The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati
Baule Zoomorphic Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
Wood, natural ochre, charcoal, and kaolin pigments
Height: 25 ¾ in (65.4 cm)
The reverse of the mask inscribed twice in white ink: “520”, and “1-120”, and with a partially effaced inscription in pencil: “MOSSI [...] VOLTA”
Frank Crowninshield, New York, acquired before January 4, 1936, presumably with the assistance of John D. Graham, New York
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, acquired on consignment from the above by January 4, 1936
Acquired by the present owner by the 1940s
Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York, Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations, January 4 - January 22, 1936
Brooklyn Museum, New York, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, March 20 - April 25, 1937
Jacques Seligmann, invitation for Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations, New York, 1936, back cover (illustrated)
John D. Graham, ed., Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations, New York, 1936, p. 9, probably cat. no. 16 (listed)
Herbert J. Spinden, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, New York, 1937, n.p., probably cat. no. 116 (listed)
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