About the lot N° 48
Title : Masque Heaume A Babanki
Provenance : John J. Klejman, New York
>M. et Mme. Klaus G. Perls, New York, acquis auprès de ce dernierAcquis
par le propriétaire actuel auprès de ces derniers dans les années
1990.Notes : The offered lot is an especially old and fine rendering of the Babanki
helmet mask genre with a layered, encrusted surface and classical, yet
sensitive proportions. See Christie's, The Russell B. Aitken Collection
of African, American Indian and Oceanic Art, 3 April 2003, lot 76, for a
related mask formerly in the collection of Frank Crowninshield and
exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, African Negro Art, 1935.Christie's, auctioneer, Paris, FR
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Sale title : Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique du Nord
Sale date : 10 Dec 2013
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Sale Reference : Live Sale
