A Yoruba Figure, Nigeria

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A Yoruba Figure

Nigeria

Region

Culture

Features

Provenance

Apr 22, 1965, Parke Bernet Galleries — Primitive Art
Harold and Myriam Kaye, New York
Merton D. Simpson, New York
Nancy and Richard Bloch, Rancho Santa Fe / Los Angeles
May 13, 2011, Sotheby's — African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art including property from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation
May 27, 2025, Native — A Princely Collection

Lot 82, Parke Bernet Galleries, New York — Apr 22, 1965

Primitive Art

Estimate: Not spec.

Sold: USD 2,600

Lot 250, Sotheby's, New York — May 13, 2011

African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art including property from the Pierre and Tana Matisse Foundation

Estimate: USD 200,000 - 400,000

Sold: USD 1,650,500

USD 1,650,500

Lot 34, Native, Brussels — May 27, 2025

A Princely Collection

Estimate: EUR 200,000 - 300,000

Unsold

Museum for African Art, New York, Animals in African Art: from the Familiar to the Marvelous, March 31, 1995 - December 31, 1995 [travelling exhibition continuing to Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, February 2 - April 1996; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, May 18 - July 14, 1996; The Mint Museum, Charlotte, September - December, 1996; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, February 2 - April 27, 1997; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, permanent exhibition, April 28 - September 30, 1997

Robert Farris Thompson, Flash of the Spirit. African and Afro-American Art and Philosophy, New York, 1984, p.10, pl.6
Allen Roberts, Animals in African Art: from the Familiar to the Marvelous, New York, 1995, p. 106, cat.2