Rare female figure 'tale ko', Côte d'Ivoire
The preview starts next week.
Provenance:
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Edith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerland (1971)
Christie's, 11 June 2012, lot 38
Published in:
Leuzinger, Elsy, Afrikanische Kunstwerke, Kulturen am Niger II, Zürich 1971, p. 99, ill. F 3
Leuzinger, Elsy, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, Recklinghausen 1972, p. 99, ill. F3
A stylistically comparable object was published by B. Holas in Arts de la Côte d'Ivoire, Paris 1966 (ill. 58) and was exhibited in Paris, Galerie Nationales du Grand Palais in 1989.
Preview in Wurzburg:
Wed 1 until Fri 3 March from 10 am until 7 pm
Sat 4 March from 9 am until 1.30 pm
Auction in Wurzburg:
Saturday, 4 March 2017 starting at 2 pm
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(Photos: Matt Keyworth)