Seated Figure, Middle Niger Civilization, Mali

Alain de Monbrison, Paris

Philippe Guimiot, Brussels, acquired from the above before January 26, 1982

Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, New York, acquired from the above on January 26, 1982

Sotheby’s, New York, African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman, June 30, 2020, lot 10

Acquired at the above auction by the present owner

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, January 30 – March 12, 2020 and August 29 – October 26, 2020

Bernard de Grunne, Djenné-Jeno: 1000 Years of Terracotta Statuary in Mali, Brussels, 2014, n.p., pl. 168 (illustrated), and p. 385, cat. no. 168 (listed)

Alisa LaGamma, ed., Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, New York, 2020, p. 98, cat. no. 42 (illustrated), and p. 279, cat. no. 42 (listed)