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Property from an American Private Collection

Bete-Guro Figure, Côte d'Ivoire

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