
Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart
Auction Closed
June 18, 05:01 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Robert Mnuchin: Collector at Heart
Dan Mask, Côte d'Ivoire
Wood, plant fibres, iron
Height (including plant fibre beard): 12 ⅞ in (32.7 cm); Height (mask): 9 ⅛ in (23.2 cm)
French Private Collection
Gaston de Havenon, New York, acquired from the above by May 30, 1971
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, New York, acquired from the above on July 4, 1973
Sotheby's, New York, African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman, June 30, 2020, lot 45
Acquired at the above auction by the present owner
The Museum of African Art, Washington D.C., African Art: the de Havenon Collection, May 30 - October 3, 1971
The Katonah Museum of Art, African Art: Masterpieces from Private Collections, December 5, 1993 - February 27, 1994
Warren M. Robbins, African Art: the de Havenon Collection, Washington, D.C., 1971, n.p., pl. 83
Michael Kan, African Art: Masterpieces from Private Collections, Katonah, 1993 (listed)
Vivien Raynor, "Behind African Masks and Ritual Objects, Spiritual Mysteries", The New York Times, January 16, 1994, p. WC13
Fairfield County Weekly, February 3, 1994, p. 8
Antiques and the Arts Weekly, February 25, 1994, p. 110
Katonah Museum of Art, ed., Calendar of 2003, February 16 - 23, 2003