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NFY-187785

A Luba Shankadi Couple

Democratic Republic of the Congo

54.5 cm (21.5 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 23, Sotheby's, Paris — Sep 30, 2002
Art Africain, Océanien et Précolombien
Estimate: EUR 8,000 - 10,000
Sold: EUR 21,450
USD 21,168
Lot 57, Christie's, online — Oct 17, 2024
Living with African, Oceanic and North American Arts
Estimate: USD 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: USD 6,300
USD 6,300

Publications

  • Fagg, W., The Epstein Collection of Tribal and Exotic Sculpture, London, 1960, no. 27 (not illustrated)

  • Vogel, S., African Aesthetics. The Carlo Monzino Collection, New York, 1986, p. 208, no. 173

  • Bassani, E. and McLeod, M., Jacob Epstein Collector, Milan, 1989, pp. 19 and 120, no. 22 and 315

Exhibitions

  • London, Arts Council of Great Britain, The Epstein Collection of Primitive and Exotic Sculpture, 25 March - 23 April 1960

  • New York, Center for African Art, African Aesthetics. The Carlo Monzino Collection, 7 May - 7 September 1986