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Lot 188

A Northwest Coast figure

6 – 7 June 2016, 11:00 PDT
San Francisco

US$15,000 - US$25,000

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A Northwest Coast figure

Carved in an animated posture, the knees bent and the fists tightly clenched, with painted facial details and abalone shell inset eyes, plugs of hair hang from the scalp.
height 24 1/2in

Footnotes

Provenance
Julius Carlebach, New York; Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, before 1959; New
York collector from Sotheby's sale no. 6898, October 17, 1996

Exhibited
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, "Exotic Art", October 15, 1959 - January 3, 1960

Literature
Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Exotic Art From Ancient and Primitive Civilizations, Collection of Jay C. Leff, Pittsburgh, 1959, cat. no. 771, identified as: "Standing Male Figure, Northwest Coast, Tsimshian from Upper Skeena River, British Columbia, before 1900 A.D." Preceding information (in quotes) from Sotheby's catalogue, Fine American Indian Art, sale no. 6898, item no. 188, October 17, 1996.

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