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YAQ-038791

A Yoruba Nago Figure

Benin

47.5 cm (18.7 in)

Provenance

  • Dec 14, 2011, Sotheby's — Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
  • May 27, 2025, Native — A Princely Collection

Auction results

Lot 35, Sotheby's, Paris — Dec 14, 2011
Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie
Estimate: EUR 400,000 - 600,000
Sold: EUR 576,750
USD 748,703
Lot 29, Native, Brussels — May 27, 2025
A Princely Collection
Estimate: EUR 200,000 - 300,000
Sold: EUR 221,000
USD 251,833

Publications

  • Lumière noire, Arts traditionnels [exhibition catalog], Yonne, Chateau de Tanlay-Centre d'Art Contemporain, 1997, cat.39

  • La Caixa, Africà: Magia y Poder, 2500 años de arte en Nigeria, 1998, p.142, cat.127

  • George Chemeche, The Horse Rider in African Art, Antique Collectors' Club/George Chemeche, Woodbridge, 2011, p.137

Exhibitions

  • Yonne, Centre d'art de Tanlay, Lumière noire, Arts traditionnels, 7 June - 5 September 1997, cat.39

  • Barcelona, Fundación "La Caixa", Africà: Magia y Poder, 2500 años de arte en Nigeria, 23 August - 13 December 1998, cat.127