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The Collection of Adele and Enrico Donati

Baule Zoomorphic Mask, Côte d'Ivoire

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)