The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

The Amy & Elliot Lawrence Collection

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Yaka or Suku Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Auction Closed

May 24, 03:58 PM GMT

Estimate

4,000 - 6,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Yaka or Suku Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo


on a base by the Japanese wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), Paris

Height: 16 3/4 in (42.5 cm)

Frank Crowninshield, New York, acquired by 1937
Josephine and Walter Buhl Ford II, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Alain Naoum, Brussels
Acquired from the above in July 2015
Herbert J. Spinden, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, Brooklyn, New York, 1937, n.p., cat. no. 51 (listed)
The Brooklyn Museum, New York, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, March 20 - April 25, 1937
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