Entwistle

Statue Yombe nkisi

Democratic Republic of Congo

Bois ; métal ; verre
Hauteur: 31,5 cm
Provenance
Collection Anne et Jean-Pierre Jernander, Bruxelles
De Quay & Lombrail – Collection J.-P. Jernander, 26 juin
1996, lot 8
Sotheby’s New York, Arts of Africa, Oceania and the
Americas. Important African and Indonesian Art from a
Belgium Collector, 15 mai 2003, lot 89
Entwistle, Londres, 2003
Collection privée, New York (acquis auprès du précédent)
Published
Joseph-Aurélien Cornet, Zaïre, Peuples-Art-Culture/ Zaire,
Volken-Kunst-Cultuur, Anvers, 1989, p. 328
Jean-Michel Botquin, “Primitieve kunst” in L’Annuel de
l’Art/ Jaarlijkse Kunstgids, 1993, p. 5
Alisa LaGamma, Kongo: Power and Majesty, New York,
2015, p. 54-55, fig. 2
Exposition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Kongo: Power
and Majesty, 18 septembre 2015 – 3 janvier 2016

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