Figure of a policeman · Ghana, Akan, Nana Osei Bonsu of Kumasi (1900-1977) · ID: 3050109
Timothy Koock (1944-2022), Fredericksburg, Texas, USA
Estate of Timothy Koock
Description
wood, paint, rest.
This figure has been published several times, including in a photo from 1976 in the standard work on Ghanaian art by Herbert Cole and Doran Ross (1977, p. 177).
It was part of a “ntan” ensemble of figures carved by Osei Bonsu in 1933. Another figure from this ensemble, depicting a colonial official, was auctioned on 11 November 2023 as lot 238 at Zemanek-Münster (AHDRC 0208220).
Nana Osei Bonsu of Kumasi (1900-1977) was the best known Ashanti artist and court carver to the Asantehene.
The object Figure of a policeman with the object ID 3050109 was part of the auction 102nd Auction on April 13, 2024. The object with the lot number 179 achieved a sales price of EUR 3,000 with an asking price of EUR 1,200.
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Publications
Cole, Herbert M. & Doran H. Ross, The Arts of Ghana, Los Angeles 1977, p. 177; Cole, Herbert M., Maternity, Brussels 2017, p. 220; African Arts, February 1984, Vol. XVII, No 2, p. 31, ill. 4