Figure debout · R. D. Congo, Yaka · ID: 3043699
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Provenance
Antoine Autru, Ghent, Belgium (before 1937)Christie’s, Paris, 10 December 2013, lot 71
A. Autru (1892-1966) worked as a Colonial Official in Belgian Congo from 1922-1937. Whenever he came back from his travels he brought back to Ghent the “treasures” he exhibited in front of his family with pride.
Description
wood, brown patina, black paint remains, combining characteristics of both sexes, drilled holes attachment of paraphernalia, rep. (breakage left foottip), slight traces of abrasion, fine crack, base
Publications
AHDRC: 0148696