Large anthropomorphic mask · D. R. Congo, Kuba / Kete / Lele · ID: 3050362
Jack Faxon (1936-2020), Detroit / Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
Former state Sen. Jack Faxon was an avid collector who filled his Birmingham house with art and objects ranging from African masks and figures to choice pieces of American arts-and-crafts. He lended objects from his private collection to the “Detroit collects African Art” ehibition in the Detroit Institute of Arts, April 21 - May 29, 1977. Later in his life he donated objects to the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Smithsonian Institution Washinton, DC.
Description
wood, colour pigments, base
Unusually large, flat mask face with metal appliqués. The patina heavily encrusted in places. Wooden pegs in the eye zone and on the back.
The object Large anthropomorphic mask with the object ID 3050362 was last part of the auction 101st Auction at November 11, 2023 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 304 achieved a sales price of EUR 4,500.
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