Standing male figure
Nigeria, Mama
sold
EUR 5,000
Provenance
Christie’s, London, 3 April 1979, lot 212Christie’s, London, 29 June 1983, lot 132
James Willis, San Francisco, USA
Size
H: 54 cm
H: 21.3 inch
Description
wood, partly encrusted dark brown patina, broad and round shoulders, resin-like mass inset with red seeds on breast, face and crest, min. dam., traces of insect caused damage, fine cracks, slight traces of abrasion, base
Publications
Neyt, Francois, Mumuye, Paris 2006, p. 23; Galerie Flak (ed.), Nigeria - Les Maitres du Mouvement, Paris 2012, p. 59AHDRC: 0091429; 0096413