Zemanek-Münster

Three door panels "ilekun"

Nigeria, Nupe, Sakiwa the Younger of Lapai (Abuja Emirates)
sold EUR 2,500
Provenance
Irmgard Boetel, Wertheim, Germany
Size
H: 176 cm
B: 34 cm/ 37,5cm / 48 cm
H: 69.3 inch
B: 13.4 inch/ 37,5cm / 18.9 inch

Description

wood, fixed by strips nailed on the back,
A further work of the artist illustrated in Robbins & Nooter, 1989, p. 534, Fig. 1426. A further door made by “Sakiwa the Younger”, former collection Susan and Jerry Vogel, was auctioned at Sotheby’s New York in 2012.


Comparing literature

Robbins, Warren M. & Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections, o.O. 1989, p. 534, ill. 1426 Sotheby's, New York, "African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art including Property from the Lerner, Shoher and Vogel Collections", 12 May 2012, Lot 100 (AHDRC 0128963)

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