Figure féminine debout · Côte d'Ivoire, Agni (Anyi) Ndényé (peuple lagunaire) · ID: 3051921
Vendu
4 000 €
Provenance
Peter & Monica Wengraf, The Arcade Gallery, London, UK (1973)Harold (1908-1993) & Florence Rome (1910-1987), New York, USA
Sotheby’s New York, 15 November 1988, lot 176 (two statuettes)
Sotheby’s New York, 6 May 1994, lot 77
Billy Wilder (1906-2002), Los Angeles, USA
Christie’s Amsterdam, 12 September 2002, lot 147
French Private Collection
Liladam Enchères, L’Isle Adam, 26 February 2017, lot 191
Description
wood, inventory no. “A668” handwritten on figure and base, metal base, labelled “248”
The AHDRC contains a whole series of female figures that can be formally assigned to this canon of figures. Compare, for example, AHDRC 0070969, a figure collected before 1920, or AHDRC 0070962, all of which show stocky bodies with strikingly short arms and legs, while their heads sit on long necks and are crowned by high palmette-like hairstyles.
Publications
AHDRC: 0070924