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
60,000 - 90,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
DOGON EQUESTRIAN FIGURE, MALI
Wood
Height: 18 in (45.7 cm)
Charles Ratton, Paris
Gertrud Dübi-Müller, Solothurn, acquired from the above before 1940
Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva (inv. no. 1004-16), donated by the above
Calmels-Cohen, Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, June 10-11, 2004, lot 15, consigned by the above
Bernard Dulon, Paris, acquired at the above auction
Sidney and Bernice Clyman, Scarsdale, acquired from the above via Friedman & Vallois, New York on January 12, 2005
Werner Schmalenbach, ed., Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, Munich, 1988, p. 63, cat. no. 12
Werner Schmalenbach, ed., African Art from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Munich, 1988, p. 63, cat. no. 12
Werner Schmalenbach, ed., Arts d’Afrique noire dans la collection Barbier Mueller, Genève, Paris, 1988, p. 63, cat. no. 12
Laure Meyer, Afrique Noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux, Paris, 1991, p. 115, fig. 99 and p. 218
Benjamin Genocchio, "Here to Stay, at the Neuberger", The New York Times, Sunday, February 1, 2009, p.WE9
George Chemeche, The Horse Rider in African Art, Woodbridge, 2011, p. 49
Alisa LaGamma, ed., Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, New York, 2020, p. 43, cat. no. 5
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, February 27 - April 10, 1988; and traveling: Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, June 4 - August 14, 1988; Haus der Kunst, Munich, December 17 - February 19, 1989; Musée Rath, Geneva, March 15 - May 15, 1989
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, temporary loan, September 24, 2008 - October 28, 2009
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sahel: Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, January 30 - March 12, 2020