Caryatid stool with male figure · D. R. Congo, Kwilu-Kasai, Chokwe · ID: 3048930
Lucien Guenneguez (†2015), Seattle, WA, USA
Amyas Naegele, New York, USA
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Michel Gaud, Saint-Tropez, France
Jan Kusters, Waalre, The Netherlands
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.
The object Caryatid stool with male figure with the object ID 3048930 was last part of the auction 98th Auction at March 26, 2022 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 260.
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AHDRC: 0140918