Teke Artist
Republic of the Congo
Wood, glass, cowrie shells, resin, organic matter, brass
Provenance
Ex collection Jacques Deprince, Brussels
Ex collection Count Baudouin de Grunne, Brussels, 1990
Ex Bernard de Grunne, Brussels
Ex private collection, New York, 1990-2025
Publications
Bastin, Marie-Louise. Introduction aux Arts de l'Afrique Noire. Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1984, p. 291, no. 304
De Heusch, Luc et al. Utotombo: Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch Privé-Bezit. Brussels: Palais des Beaux Arts, 1988, p. 96, no. XXVIII
Göhr, Siegfried et al. Afrikanische Skulptur: Die Erfindung der Figur / African Sculpture: The
Invention of the Figure. Museum Ludwig, Cologne and The Hague, 1990, p. 172, no. 77
Lehuard, Raoul. Les Arts Bateke: Congo - Gabon - Zaire. Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1996, p. 263, fig. 1.2
Bacquart, Jean-Baptiste. The Tribal Arts of Africa. London: Thames & Hudson. French translation: L'art Tribal d'Afrique Noire. Paris: Editions Assouline, 1998, p. 315, fig. D
LaGamma, Alisa. Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007, p. 302-303, no. 111
Exhibitions
Utotombo - L'Art de l'Afrique Noire dans les Collections Privées Belges. Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 25 March - 5 June 1988
Afrikanische Skulptur - Die Erfindung der Figur / African Sculpture - The Invention of the Figure:
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, 27 July - 30 September 1990
Gemeentemuseum, The Hague, November 1990 - January 1991
Eternal Ancestors. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2 October 2007 - 2 March 2008