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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 19, 2017 | Christie's | New York | African & Oceanic | 2 | $****** - ****** | A TOMA MASK |
sculpture
54 cm (21.25 in)
wood
Mario Meneghini, collected in 1971
Private collection
Brussels, Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika/Arts Premiers d'Afrique Noire, Credit Communal de Belgique, 5 March - 17 April 1977
Brussels, Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch prive-bezit, Palais des Beaux Arts, 25 March - 5 June 1988
Turin, Italy, Africa. Capolavori da un continente, Galleria d'Arte Moderna GAM, 2 October 2003 - 15 February 2004
Monaco, Arts of Africa. 7000 ans d'art africain, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, 16 July - 4 September 2005
Credit Communal de Belgique, Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika/Arts Premiers d'Afrique Noire, by Philippe Guimiot and Lucien Van de Velde, Brussels, 1977, p. 43, #17
Muensterberger, Werner, "Les expositions", Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1977, No.22:39
Bastin, Marie-Louise, Introduction aux Arts de l'Afrique Noire, Arnouville: Arts d'Afrique Noire, 1984, p. 135, #113
de Heusch, Luc, et al, Utotombo. Kunst uit Zwart-Afrika in Belgisch prive-bezit, Brussels, 1988: #38
Kerchache, Jacques, Paudrat, Jean-Louis & Stephan, Lucien, L'art africain, Paris: Mazenod, 1988, p. 97, #50
Bassani, Ezio (ed.), Africa. Capolavori da un continente, Firenze: Artificio Skira, 2003, p. 194, #3.20
Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Arts of Africa. 7000 Years of African Art, Ezio Bassani, Curator, Monaco: Skira, 2005, p. 315, #26c
Carini, Vittorio, "Le maschere dei Toma/Loma", Artes Africanae. Quaderno 1, Udine: Gaspari, 2009, p. 22
