Lot 78
  • 78

Hemba Ancestor Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 USD
bidding is closed

Description

  • wood
  • Height: 14 1/8 in (36 cm)
Singiti

Provenance

Josef Gollwitzer, Munich, acquired in Paris in 1940
Thence by family descent to Margit and Botho Fehler, Munich
Galerie Koller, Zurich, June 23, 2007, lot 348
Leslie Sacks, Los Angeles, acquired at the above auction

Literature

Galerie Koller (adv.), Tribal Art, XI:3, no. 44, Spring 2007, p. 155
Amanda M. Maples (ed.), African Art from the Leslie Sacks Collection: Refined Eye, Passionate Heart, Milan, 2013, pp. 60-63, 290, 292, 296, fig. 23