Lot Essay
Cf. De Heusch, L. et al., Utotombo, L'Art d'Afrique noire dans les collections privées belges, Brussels, 1988, no.68, for an almost identical figure by the same hand
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BLOLO BIAN
Details
A FINE BAULE MALE FIGURE
Blolo bian
Standing with the legs slightly flexed, the arms carved free of the body with the hands held above the thighs, rectangular panels of keloids carved in relief on the chest, abdomen, back and neck, the face with carved teeth in the oval mouth, the plaited beard with spherical tip, finely incised median crested coiffure, beads about one ankle, dark glossy patina, old labels
13¾in. (36cm.) high
Blolo bian
Standing with the legs slightly flexed, the arms carved free of the body with the hands held above the thighs, rectangular panels of keloids carved in relief on the chest, abdomen, back and neck, the face with carved teeth in the oval mouth, the plaited beard with spherical tip, finely incised median crested coiffure, beads about one ankle, dark glossy patina, old labels
13¾in. (36cm.) high
Provenance
Frank Crowninshield, New York
Literature
Masterpieces of African Art, Brooklyn, 1954, no.45 (not illustrated)
Exhibited
The Brooklyn Museum, 1954, no.45