Quimbaya Seated Figure

Ben Johnson, Los Angeles 

Private Collection, California, acquired from the above

Sotheby’s, New York, November 19, 1999, lot 21, consigned by the above

Private Collection, New York, acquired at the above auction

The Quimbaya solid figures of highly abstracted form convey a serenity in the minimal slit facial features and the upright poised posture. This figure is elaborately decorated with the textured constricting leg and arm bands, and the linear facial designs.