About the lot N° 172
Title : A Senufo Chair
Literature : In John Bryson's book, The Private World of Katharine Hepburn, she is pictured seated in this chair on p. 39. The caption reads: In the dining room [of Fenwick] she is surrounded by a museum of artifacts she brought back from a jungle location. Miss Hepburn is quoted: Treasures from AFRICAN QUEEN. I'm sitting on a chief's chair. See the mask, the oar, the stool (p.39).Miss Hepburn mentions the present lot in her autobiography Me: My African chair was next to the cupboard... (p.398).Notes : Katharine Hepburn purchased this chair and the following three lots while in Africa filming The African Queen.Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US
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Sale title : The Estate of Katharine Hepburn
Sale date : 10 Jun 2004
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
