African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
African Art from the Collection of Sidney and Bernice Clyman
Auction Closed
June 30, 02:57 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
SENUFO COUPLE, CÔTE D'IVOIRE
Wood
Height of male figure: 12 ½ in (31.7 cm); Height of female figure: 10 ¼ in (26 cm)
Gaston de Havenon, New York
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above on April 5, 1973
Warren M. Robbins, African Art: the de Havenon Collection, Washington, D.C., 1971, n.p., pls. 95-96 (both figures)
Susan M. Vogel, African Sculpture: the Shape of Surprise, Greenvale, New York, 1980, p. 43, cat. no. 23 (both figures; listed)
William Rubin, ed., "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. 2, pp. 570 and 585 (male figure)
William Rubin and Ezio Bassani, eds., Primitivismo nell’arte del XX secolo: affinità fra il tribale e il moderno, Milan, 1985, vol. 2, pp. 570 and 585 (male figure)
William Rubin and Jean-Louis Paudrat, eds., Le primitivisme dans l'art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l’art tribal, Paris, 1987, vol. 2, pp. 570 and 585 (male figure)
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989, Washington, D.C., 1989, p. 122, fig. 171 (male figure)
Mary N. Nooter, Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals, New York, 1993, p. 103, cat. no. 30 (male figure)
William Rubin, ed., Nijisseiki bijutsu ni okeru purimitivizumu : buzokuteki naru mono to modan naru mono to no shin’ensei, Kyoto, 1995, vol. 2, pp. 570 and 585 (male figure)
Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., African Art: the de Havenon Collection, May 30 - October 3, 1971 (both figures)
C.W. Post Art Gallery, Greenvale, New York, African Sculpture: the Shape of Surprise, February 17 - March 30, 1980 (both figures)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, September 27, 1984 - January 15, 1985; and traveling: The Detroit Institute of Arts, February 26 - May 19, 1985; Dallas Museum of Art, June 23 - September 1, 1985 (male figure)
Museum for African Art, New York, Secrecy: African Art that Conceals and Reveals, February 13 - August 22, 1993 (male figure)