Caryatid stool with male figure · D. R. Congo, Kwilu-Kasai, Chokwe · ID: 3048930
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Provenance
Bud Holland, Chicago, USALucien Guenneguez (†2015), Seattle, WA, USA
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Gaud, Saint-Tropez, France
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
Size
H: 27,5 cm
D: 20,5 cm / 21 cm
H: 10.8 inch
D: 8.1 inch / 8.3 inch
Description
wood, brass decorative nails, labelled “I B” and “95 B”
Overall, this stool is very solid. The caryatid figure impresses with a strikingly powerful design language and strong sculptural presence. Note the voluminous hairdo, which forms a strong contrast to the figure’s relatively small face, her muscular arms and, above all, the oversized feet, which take up almost the entire depth of the base.
Pinto-Velasquez locates the object in the late 19th / early 20th century in the Kwilu-Kasai region, where this powerful figure style developed as a result of the expansion of the Chokwe into the southern regions of the Congo.
Publications
AHDRC: 0140918