ID 860508
Lot 27 | STATUE BEMBÉ
Estimate value
€ 4 000 – 6 000
RÉPUBLIQUE DU CONGO
Hauteur : 17 cm. (63/4 in.)
Provenance
Loudmer, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, 27 juin 1986, lot 441
Collection Marsha (1923-2013) et Saul (1918-2006) Stanoff, Los Angeles
S. Thomas III Alexander (1942-2021), St. Louis (Missouri)
Collection Guy van Rijn, Anvers
Lucien Van de Velde, Anvers
Sotheby's, New York, 19 mai 2000, lot 255
Collection Laure-Marie (1927-2017) et Daniel P. Biebuyck (1925-2019), Newton (Massachusetts)
Transmis par descendance
Literature
Lehuard, R., Art Bakongo. Les centres de style, vol. II, Arnouville, 1989, p. 346, n° G 3-1-1
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Post lot text
BEMBE FIGURE, REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Africa |
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| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Africa |
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