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The Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection
Lot 39

Boyo Standing Male Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

11 May 2021, 11:00 EDT
New York

US$6,000 - US$8,000

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Boyo Standing Male Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Wood
height 16 1/2in (42cm)

Provenance
Morton Lipkin Gallery, New York/London/Phoenix/Munich
American Private Collection
Bonhams, New York, 14 November 2013, Lot 211
Robert and Nancy Nooter Collection, Washington, D.C.

Finely carved with diminutive legs bent at the knees supporting the torso with extended abdomen, the arms running parallel to the angles of the torso accentuate the movement in the work; rounded shoulders extend past the slightly arched back with an incised spine dividing a set of incised circular motifs; a classic Boyo style proportionally large spherical head with incised coiffure and flat top above slit eyes in broad oval sockets, the trapezoidal nose above puckered lips and a beard along the chin line; dark brown, semi-gloss and encrusted patina.

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