
Property from an American Private Collection
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
20,000 - 30,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an American Private Collection
Bete-Guro Figure, Côte d'Ivoire
Wood, pigments
Height: 22 ½ in (57.2 cm)
Loed van Bussel, The Hague, reportedly acquired in the 1960s
James R. Camp and Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, acquired by September 24, 1977
Brian and Diane Leyden, New York, acquired by May 13, 1988
Pace Primitive, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner on March 24, 2001
J. Camp Associates, New York, Treasures from the Ivory Coast, September 24 - November 5, 1977
The Center for African Art, New York, The Art of Collecting African Art, May 13 - October 19, 1988
The Museum for African Art, New York, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, February 7 - August 31, 1997; additional venue:
National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, D.C., February 18 - August 23, 1999
Susan Mullin Vogel, The Art of Collecting African Art, New York, 1988, p. 61
[Unsigned], The Africa Albums, No. VI: Bete Figures and a Selection of Guro Figures, Antwerp, 1996, n.p.
The Museum for African Art, ed., To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art [exhibition pamphlet], New York, 1997, p. 4
Frank Herreman, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, New York, 1999, p. 17, cat. no. 3