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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Kongo Artist, Late 19th-early 20th century
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Kongo Artist

Late 19th-early 20th century
Maternity, phemba
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood
Height: 10 1/2 in (26.5 cm)
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Provenance

Ex collection René Buthaud, Bordeaux, France, collection formed between 1920-1950

Ex Galerie Le Corneur Roudillon, Paris, 1968

Ex Henri Kamer, Paris & New York

Ex collection Lee and Dona Bronson, Los Angeles, CA

Ex Pace Primitive, New York

Ex private collection, New York

Publications

Collection d'un Amateur. Art Nègre 1920. Galerie le Corneur-Roudillon, Paris. 1968. Cat. 22

Cornet, Joseph. A Survey of Zairian Art. The Bronson Collection. Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1978. p.39, Cat. 8

Lehuard, Raoul. Art Bakongo-Les Centres of Style. Vol. II. Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1989. p. 562, #K 3-3-1

Exhibitions

Collection d'un amateur. Art nègre 1920-1950. Galerie Le Corneur Roudillon. 17 May - 8 June 1968

A Survey of Zairian Art. The Bronson Collection

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina. 23 April - 4 June 1978

Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C. 25 July - 25 September 1978

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles. 14 November 1978 - 21 January 1979

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