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Yoruba Kneeling Shrine Figure, Probably Osogbo Area, Nigeria
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
Online, Los AngelesUS$45,000 - US$55,000
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Yoruba Kneeling Shrine Figure, Probably Osogbo Area, Nigeria
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Wood, pigments, beads
Height 31 7/8in (81cm)
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills
Edwin and Cherie Silver, Los Angeles, acquired from the above on July 31, 1971
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 60
Private Collection, United States
Literature
Rubin, Arnold, Yoruba Sculpture in Los Angeles Collections, Claremont, 1969, cat. no. 40
Nooter Roberts, Mary, Imaging Women in African Art: Selected Sculptures From Los Angeles Collections, Regents of UCLA, Los Angeles, 2000, p. 63, fig. 1
Exhibited
Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, Yoruba Sculpture in Los Angeles Collections, 10 March - 6 April 1969
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Mother and Child, 15 September 1973 - 15 June 1974
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, Imaging Women in Africa: Selected Sculptures from Los Angeles Collections, 12 November 2000 - 13 May 2001
Shown kneeling on a rounded base, the monumental female clutches a hollowed bowl with elongated arms framing her torso with voluminous pointed breasts. Her baby, grasping her back, wears an emblem on its back and looks to the left. The mother's head and facial features are proportionally large, epitomizing classic Yoruba form. The coiffure of both figures are finely incised and highlighted with florescent deep blue, probably Reckitt's Blue; smooth light brown patina throughout with encrustations in the crevices.
Wood, pigments, beads
Height 31 7/8in (81cm)
Provenance
Harry A. Franklin Gallery, Beverly Hills
Edwin and Cherie Silver, Los Angeles, acquired from the above on July 31, 1971
Sotheby's, New York, The Collection of Edwin & Cherie Silver, 13 November 2017, Lot 60
Private Collection, United States
Literature
Rubin, Arnold, Yoruba Sculpture in Los Angeles Collections, Claremont, 1969, cat. no. 40
Nooter Roberts, Mary, Imaging Women in African Art: Selected Sculptures From Los Angeles Collections, Regents of UCLA, Los Angeles, 2000, p. 63, fig. 1
Exhibited
Montgomery Art Center, Pomona College, Claremont, California, Yoruba Sculpture in Los Angeles Collections, 10 March - 6 April 1969
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, Mother and Child, 15 September 1973 - 15 June 1974
Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, Imaging Women in Africa: Selected Sculptures from Los Angeles Collections, 12 November 2000 - 13 May 2001
Shown kneeling on a rounded base, the monumental female clutches a hollowed bowl with elongated arms framing her torso with voluminous pointed breasts. Her baby, grasping her back, wears an emblem on its back and looks to the left. The mother's head and facial features are proportionally large, epitomizing classic Yoruba form. The coiffure of both figures are finely incised and highlighted with florescent deep blue, probably Reckitt's Blue; smooth light brown patina throughout with encrustations in the crevices.
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