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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 13, 2019 | Sotheby's | New York | Pacific Art from the Collection of Harry A. Franklin | 9 | $****** - ****** | CLUB ('U'U) |
sculpture
142.9 cm (56.25 in)
Wood, fiber
Helena Rubinstein, Paris and New York
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, The Helena Rubinstein Collection: African and Oceanic Art, Parts One and Two, April 21 and 29, 1966, lot 250
Harry A. Franklin, Beverly Hills, acquired at the above auction
PUBLISHED
Charles W. Mack, Polynesian Art at Auction 1965-1980, Northboro, 1982, p. 181, pl. 76, fig. 3
William Rubin, ed., "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. 1, p. 198
William Rubin and Ezio Bassani, eds., Primitivismo nell’arte del XX secolo: affinità fra il tribale e il moderno, Milan, 1985, vol. 1, p. 198
William Rubin and Jean-Louis Paudrat, eds., Le primitivisme dans l'art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l’art tribal, Paris, 1987, vol. 1, p. 198
William Rubin, ed., Nijisseiki bijutsu ni okeru purimitivizumu : buzokuteki naru mono to modan naru mono to no shin’ensei, Kyoto, 1995, vol. 1, p. 198
Suzanne Slesin, Over the Top: Helena Rubinstein. Extraordinary Style, Beauty, Art, Fashion, Design, New York, 2003, p. 113
George R. Ellis, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, San Diego, 2009, p. 103, cat. no. 84
Mason Klein, Helena Rubinstein: Beauty is Power, New York, 2014, p. 35
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, September 27, 1984 – January 15, 1985; additional venues: The Detroit Institute of Arts, February 26 – May 19, 1985; Dallas Museum of Art, June 23 – September 1, 1985
San Diego Museum of Art, Oceanic Art: A Celebration of Form, January 31, 2009 - January 3, 2010
The Jewish Museum, New York, Helena Rubinstein: Beauty is Power, October 31, 2014 – March 22, 2015
Marquesas Islands
with a base by the Japanese wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), Paris
