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A Superb Yombe Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
kneeling, the naturalistic female figure wearing anklets and bracelets, mirror inset eyes; fine honey brown patina.
Provenance
Mrs. W.A. Creeth
Sotheby's London, July 13, 1971, lot 250
Ralph Nash, London
Freddie Rolin, New York
Acquired from the above, 1970s
Sotheby's London, July 13, 1971, lot 250
Ralph Nash, London
Freddie Rolin, New York
Acquired from the above, 1970s
Exhibited
New York, The African-American Institute, Masterpieces of the Peoples Republic of the Congo, September 25, 1980 - January 24, 1981
Literature
The African-American Institute, Masterpieces of the Peoples Republic of the Congo, 1980, cat. 22, p. 26
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 357, fig. 928
Jaques Kerchache, Jean-Louis Paudrat and Lucien Stephan, Art of Africa, 1993, p. 565, fig. 993
Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, 1989, p. 357, fig. 928
Jaques Kerchache, Jean-Louis Paudrat and Lucien Stephan, Art of Africa, 1993, p. 565, fig. 993
Catalogue Note
For a closely related figure formerly owned by Merton D. Simpson, New York, cf. Lehuard (1989, vol. 1: 231, fig. D 3-3-2).