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EJL-187732

A Kota Reliquary Figure

Gabon

55.0 cm (21.7 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 139, Christie's, New York — May 19, 1992
Important Tribal Art : Collection William A. McCarty-Cooper
Estimate: USD 60,000 - 80,000
Sold: USD 165,000
Lot 4, Christie's, online — Oct 17, 2024
Living with African, Oceanic and North American Arts
Estimate: USD 50,000 - 70,000
Sold: USD 81,900
USD 81,900

Publications

  • Lehuard, R., Arts d'Afrique Noire, Arnouville, Autumn 1975, no. 15, p. 46 (Robert Burawoy Gallery advertisement)

  • Chaffin, A. and F., L'Art Kota. Les figures de reliquaire, Meudon, 1979, pp. 143 and 328, no. 55

  • Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon. Les arts plastiques du Bassin de l'Ogooué, Arnouville, 1979, p. 200, no. 205

  • Povey, J. et al., African Arts, Los Angeles, August 1982, vol. XV, no. 4, p. 12 (Gallery K advertisement)

Exhibitions

  • Paris, Galerie Robert Burawoy, 1975

  • Los Angeles, Gallery K, 1982