FPK-157382
A Yoruba Epa Mask
Nigeria
129.5 cm (51.0 in)
Provenance
- Church Missionary Society
- James T. Hooper, London / Arundel
- Jul 14, 1976, Christie's — African Art from the James Hooper Collection
- Sep 3, 2026, Waddington's — An Important Collection of Art from Africa and Oceania
Sales Results
Lot 40, Christie's, London — Jul 14, 1976
African Art from the James Hooper Collection
Estimate: GBP 1,500–3,000
Sold: GBP 2,600
Lot 1, Waddington's, Toronto, ON — Sep 3, 2026
An Important Collection of Art from Africa and Oceania
Estimate: CAD 30,000–50,000
Sold: CAD 30,000
USD 21,688
Publications
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James Thomas Hooper and Cottie A. Burland, "The Art of Primitive Peoples", London, 1953, plate 60;
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Steven Phelps, "Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection", London, 1976, p. 384, plate 227, no. 1792;
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William Buller Fagg, John Pemberton III, and Bryce Holcombe, "Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa", New York, 1982, p. 42, fig. 46;
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Marie-Louise Bastin, "Introduction aux Arts de l'Afrique Noire", Arnouville, 1984, p. 192, fig. 176;
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Hermione Waterfield and J.C.H. King, "Provenance: Twelve collectors of ethnographic art in England 1760-1990", London, 2009, p. 114 (photo of Hooper's house in Croxley Green, October 1954)