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Songye Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
21 November – 5 December 2024, 12:00 PST
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Songye Power Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Wood, brass tacks
Height 9 1/4in (23.5cm)
Provenance
Irwin Hersey Collection (1920-2010), New York
Stewart J. Warkow Collection (1935-2016), New York
Alfred Schienberg (1948-1992), New York
Michael Sorafine (1950-2021), Los Angeles
Bonhams, Los Angeles, 2 December 2015, Lot 7
Private Collection, New York
With James Stephenson African Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jamaica Arts Center, African Sculpture from the Stewart Warkow Collection, New York, 1977, fig. 10
Exhibited
Jamaica Arts Center, New York, African Sculpture from the Stewart Warkow Collection, 20 May - 5 June 1977
Standing on a round base with stout bent legs, protruding navel and squared shoulders framing the chest; the large spherical head with angular cheeks balancing the angle of the nose and mouth; wearing a cap-like coiffure with hole at top for insertion of horn (now lost) and brass tacks on the forehead; shiny dark-brown patina with ritual patination.
Wood, brass tacks
Height 9 1/4in (23.5cm)
Provenance
Irwin Hersey Collection (1920-2010), New York
Stewart J. Warkow Collection (1935-2016), New York
Alfred Schienberg (1948-1992), New York
Michael Sorafine (1950-2021), Los Angeles
Bonhams, Los Angeles, 2 December 2015, Lot 7
Private Collection, New York
With James Stephenson African Art, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
Jamaica Arts Center, African Sculpture from the Stewart Warkow Collection, New York, 1977, fig. 10
Exhibited
Jamaica Arts Center, New York, African Sculpture from the Stewart Warkow Collection, 20 May - 5 June 1977
Standing on a round base with stout bent legs, protruding navel and squared shoulders framing the chest; the large spherical head with angular cheeks balancing the angle of the nose and mouth; wearing a cap-like coiffure with hole at top for insertion of horn (now lost) and brass tacks on the forehead; shiny dark-brown patina with ritual patination.
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