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RMR-190224

A Fon Power Figure

Benin

45.0 cm (17.7 in)

Provenance

Auction results

Lot 58, Bonhams & Cornette de Saint Cyr, Brussels — Dec 17, 2024
Arts d'Afrique, du Pacifique et des Amériques
Estimate: EUR 4,000 - 6,000
Sold: EUR 8,960
USD 9,427

Publications

Kerchache, J. et al., Vaudou, Paris, 2011, p.18, pp.164-165, p.205, fig.6, and p.224, fig.9 Bassani, E., and Pezzoli, G., Ex Africa, Storie e identità di un'arte universale, Milan, 2019, p.314, fig.3, for an in situ photograph of the figure in the hands of a voodun priest, circa 1966/7 (reproduced here)

Exhibitions

Paris, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Vaudou, Paris, 5 April - 25 September 2011