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NIH-201394

A Bete-Guro Figure

Côte d'Ivoire

57.2 cm (22.5 in)

Sales Results

Lot 87, Sotheby's, New York — Jun 18, 2026
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 20,000–30,000
Sold: USD 19,200
USD 19,200

Publications

  • Susan Mullin Vogel, The Art of Collecting African Art, New York, 1988, p. 61

  • [Unsigned], The Africa Albums, No. VI: Bete Figures and a Selection of Guro Figures, Antwerp, 1996, n.p.

  • The Museum for African Art, ed., To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art [exhibition pamphlet], New York, 1997, p. 4

  • Frank Herreman, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, New York, 1999, p. 17, cat. no. 3

Exhibitions

  • J. Camp Associates, New York, Treasures from the Ivory Coast, September 24 - November 5, 1977

  • The Center for African Art, New York, The Art of Collecting African Art, May 13 - October 19, 1988

  • The Museum for African Art, New York, To Cure and Protect: Sickness and Health in African Art, February 7 - August 31, 1997; additional venue: National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, D.C., February 18 - August 23, 1999