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RUJ-201393

A Bete-Guro Mask

Côte d'Ivoire

40.0 cm (15.7 in)

Provenance

Sales Results

Lot 86, Sotheby's, New York — Jun 18, 2026
Art of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
Estimate: USD 100,000–150,000
Sold: USD 76,800
USD 76,800

Publications

  • Herbert J. Spinden, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, New York, 1937, n.p., cat. no. 115 or 118 (listed)

  • Maureen Murphy, De l’imaginaire au musée. Les arts d’Afrique à Paris et à New York (1931-2006), Dijon, 2009, p. 186, fig. 32 (archival photograph of the 1935 exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery)

  • Philippe Dagen and Maureen Murphy, eds., Charles Ratton. L’invention des arts « primitifs », Paris, 2013, p. 99, fig. 68 (archival photograph of the 1935 exhibition at the Pierre Matisse Gallery)

Exhibitions

  • Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, African Sculptures from the Ratton Collection, March 30 - April 20, 1935

  • Brooklyn Museum, New York, African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield, March 20 - April 25, 1937