BAMILEKE ARTIST
Mu Po Figure , Cameroon. Late 19th-early 20th century
Wood
h. 27.3 cm;
10 3/4 in.
10 3/4 in.
Further images
Provenance
Ex Galerie Khepri, Amsterdam, 1968;
Christie's London. Important Tribal Art. 23 June 1992, lot 68;
Ex Entwistle, London;
Binoche et Giquello. Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie. 14 November 2019, lot 32;
Ex private collection, New York.
Exhibitions
Art in Cameroon: Sculptural Dialogues. Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY.
23 April - 14 August 2011
Publications
Lehuard, Raoul. Auction review of Les ventes. Arts d'Afrique Noire. no. 83, Autumn 1992, p. 63
Jean-Baptiste Bacquart. The Tribal Arts of Africa: Surveying Africa's Artistic Geography. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998, 2000. p.109. fig.12
Brincard, Marie-Therese, ed. Art in Cameroon: Sculptural Dialogues. Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum of Art. 2011, p. 33, no. 28