Senufo Artist
Late 19th-early 20th century
Figure, korogo
Ivory Coast
Wood
Ivory Coast
Wood
Dimensions: 48 3/4 x 12 1/2 x 9 1/4 in (123.8 x 31.8 x 23.5 cm)
Provenance
Ex collection Emile Storrer, ZurichEx collection Rene Rasmussen, Paris, 1964
Ex collection Jeff Vander Straete, Lasne, Belgium, c. 1965
Ex collection René Vander Straete, Lasne, Belgium, 6 March 1966
Ex collection Baron Freddy Rolin, New York
Ex Helene and Philip Leloup, Paris
Ex private collection, New York, 1989-2025
Publications
Maesen, Albert & Hugette Van Geluwe. Art d'Afrique dans les collections belges. Tervuren: Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, 1963. p.40, #227 (not illustrated)Art Africain/Afrikaanse Kunst. Musée d'Ixelles, 1967. #8
Vogel, Susan, ed. Perspectives: Angles on African Art. New York: The Center for African Art, 1987. p. 71
Conru, Kevin, Bernard de Grunne & Shaouli Sharkar. Collection Baron Freddy Rolin. Brussels: Conru Editions, 2021. p.89, 237, fig.55, 198
Exhibitions
Art d'Afrique dans les collections Belges. Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale, Tervuren, Belgium, 29 June - 30 October 1963Art Africain / Afrikaanse Kunst. Musée d'Ixelles, Belgium, 11 June - 18 August 1967
Perspectives - Angles on African Art:
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 21 February - 26 April 1987
The Center for African Art, New York, 18 September 1987 - 3 January 1988
The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, 31 January - 27 March 1988
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