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Lot 45 Dα

SONGYE STOOL

Auction 1216 - overview Brussels
01.02.2023, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Estimate: 15.000 € - 20.000 €
Result: 30.240 € (incl. premium)

SONGYE STOOL
Democratic Republic of the Congo

The base inscribed 246./RB.84 in white and RB38 in red, typed label C.86 and 54.145.86 in red
40 cm. high

Provenance

Raoul Blondiau (b.1878), photographer, Brussels
Alan Wurzburger (1901-1963), Maryland
The Baltimore Museum of Art
Sotheby’s, New York, 29-30 April 1984, lot 434
Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs

Literature

Olbrechts, F. et al., "Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", Antwerp, 1937, p.30, no.246 (not illustrated)
Wingert, P., "The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of African Sculpture", Baltimore, 1954, no.86

Exhibitions

Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, "Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", 24 December 1937-16 January 1938, no.246
Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Wurtzburger Collection of African Art", 12 January -14 February 1954, no.86; Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 21 June – 31 August 1954; Memorial Gallery, Rochester, NY, 8 October - 7 November 1954