Lot 177
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Baule Buffalo Mask, Ivory Coast

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description

  • wood
  • Length: 33 inches (83.8 cm)

Provenance

Jay C. Leff, Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Exhibited

Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: the Collection of Jay C. Leff, October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960
Museum of Primitive Art, New York, African Sculpture from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, November 24, 1964 –February 7, 1965
Carnegie Institute, Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, The Art of Black Africa: Collection of Jay C. Leff, October 24, 1969 - January 18, 1970

Literature

Walter A. Fairservis, Jr., Exotic Art from Ancient and Primitive Civilizations: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, p. 43, no. 253 (not illustrated)
Carnegie Institute, The Art of Black Africa: Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1969, no. 109 (not illustrated)
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, Important African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art. Property of Jay C. Leff, October 10 - 11, 1975, lot 149
Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, May 14, 1981, lot 182
Private American Collection