About the lot N° 22
Title : KOTA-OBAMBA RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON |
Size : Height: 19 1/4 in (49 cm)Provenance : Félix Fénéon, Paris
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Annie Laurie Crawford Aitken, New York
Russell B. Aitken, New York and Newport, Rhode Island, by descent from the above
Christie's, New York,
The Russell B. Aitken Collection of African, American Indian and Oceanic Art, April 3, 2003, lot 73
Edwin and Cherie Silver, Los Angeles, acquired at the above auctionLiterature : Eckart von Sydow, 'Ahnenfiguren aus Französisch-Äquatorial-Afrika',
Der
Cicerone, Vol. XXII, January 1930, p. 217
'Exhibition of African Art',
Vanity Fair, March 1935, p. 31
Probably John Graham,
Exhibition of Sculptures of Old African Civilizations, New York, 1936, listed
Probably Brooklyn Museum, ed.,
African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield
, New York, 1937, listed
The Brooklyn Museum, ed.,
Masterpieces of African Art, New York, 1954, p. 48, no. 149 (listed)
Ingeborg Bolz, 'Zur Kunst in Gabon: Stilkritische Untersuchungen an Masken und Plastiken des Ogowe-Gebietes',
Ethnologica: Beiträge zur Afrikanischen Kunst, Vol. 3, 1966, pl. XLIII, fig. D
Louis Perrois,
Kota, Milan, 2012, p. 95, pl. 14, and p. 147Sotheby's, auctioneer, New York, US
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Sale title : The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver
Sale date : 13 Nov 2017
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
