Anthropomorphic face mask "gu" · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3047946
sold
EUR 3,000
Provenance
CO Hultén (1916-2015), Malmö, Sweden (CoBrAartist and Imaginist)Ib Hultén, Stockholm, Sweden
Size
H: 42 cm
H: 16.5 inch
Description
wood, pigments, missing parts in the border area, rest. (comb), base
“Gu” shows a strikingly narrow, elongated face with jagged contours, crowned by a high-tied hairstyle and a five-part comb.
The object Anthropomorphic face mask “gu” with the object ID 3047946 was last part of the auction 96th Auction at April 24, 2021 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 186 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000.
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Exhibition
Magins Hjärta, Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sweden 1997