Caryatid stool · R. D. Congo, Luba · ID: 3037066
Vendu
3 700 €
Provenance
Ladislas Segy, New York, USA (1951)Robertson, New York, USA
Description
wood, matt black patina, female figure with compact upper part of the body, legs in flat relief amalgamated with the disc-shaped base, rich decor with tribal marks on the belly, big tooth-revealing mouth with filed incisors, slightly dam. (nose, breast, navel), minor missing parts, cracks, rep. (base/fixed with metal clamps);
caryatid figures often bear representations of cosmetic manipulations that are thought to enhance beauty and erotic pleasure.
Littérature comparée
Roberts, Mary Nooter, Memory, New York 1996, p. 156 f.