Prestige staff
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold
EUR 2,500
Provenance
Sotheby’s, London, 23 June 1986, lot 91Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sotheby’s, New York, 14 November 1995, lot 2
Merton Simpson, New York, USA
Gary Ford, New York, USA
Size
H: 81,5 cm
H: 32.1 inch
Description
wood, shiny reddish brown patina, crowned by female janiform half figure, nearly identical bodies and facial features, drilled ear holes, min. dam., cracks, slight traces of usage
Comparing literature
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 164, ill. 151Publications
AHDRC: 0119995