Standing female figure · Benin, Fon · ID: 3039505
sold
EUR 6,000
Provenance
Tajan, Paris, 8 November 1996, lot 53Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany
Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
Size
H: 65,5 cm
H: 25.8 inch
Description
wood, brown patina, thick encrustations, remains of pigments, hands with splayed fingers resting on the belly, face dominated by a broad mouth and large eyes, coiffure consisting of parallel horizontal ridges, min. dam., missing parts through insect caused damage (feet), traces of abrasion, base
The object Standing female figure with the object ID 3039505 was last part of the auction 81st Tribal Art Auction at October 31, 2015 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house. The object with the lot number 305 achieved a sales price of EUR 6,000.
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Publications
Conru, Kevin, African Art, Brussels, 2002, no. 9