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EBF-172889

An Igbo Figure

Nigeria

178.0 cm (70.1 in)

Provenance

  • Carlo Monzino, Castagnola / Lugano / Milan
  • Sep 30, 2002, Sotheby's — Art Africain, Océanien et Précolombien
  • Jun 19, 2014, Christie's — Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique du Nord
  • Nov 10, 2022, Bonhams — African & Oceanic Art
  • Sep 15, 2025, Arte Primitivo — Fine Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art, Classical, Egyptian and Asian Antiquities #121

Auction results

Lot 67, Sotheby's, Paris — Sep 30, 2002
Art Africain, Océanien et Précolombien
Estimate: EUR 20,000 - 30,000
Sold: EUR 22,600
USD 22,303
Lot 182, Christie's, Paris — Jun 19, 2014
Art d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique du Nord
Estimate: EUR 40,000 - 60,000
Sold: EUR 49,500
USD 67,357
Lot 112, Bonhams, New York — Nov 10, 2022
African & Oceanic Art
Estimate: USD 50,000 - 70,000
Unsold
Lot 514, Arte Primitivo, New York — Sep 15, 2025
Fine Pre-Columbian & Tribal Art, Classical, Egyptian and Asian Antiquities #121
Estimate: USD 30,000 - 50,000
Sold: USD 12,400
USD 12,400

Publications

  • Vogel, Susan, African Aesthetics: The Carlo Monzino Collection, New York, The Center for African Art, 1986, p. 99, fig. 84 K Yoshida (ed.)

  • African Aesthetics, The Carlo Monzino Collection - Japan 1993, Tokyo, Japan, The Japan Association of Art Museums, The Yomiuri Shimbun, 1993, p. 127, pl. 69

  • Fogel, Jonathan, #OBSESSED: Javier Peres et l'art africain, "Tribal Art" no. 79, 2016, p. 121, fig.2

Exhibitions

  • NY. The Center for African Art, 7 May-7 September 1986. Japan 1993: - Miyagi Museum of Art, 3 April-9 May - Fukui Fine Arts Museum, 14 May-6 June - Gunma, The Museum of Modern Art, 12 June-11 July - Sogo Museum of Art, 28 July-22 August - Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, 28 August-26 September - Hokkaido Hakodate Museum of Art, 2 October-6 November - Kurashiki City Art Museum, 13 November-19 December