Twin figure, "flanitokele"
Bamana, Mali
Mit Sockel / with base
Wood. H 43.5 cm.
Provenance:
- Baron Frédéric "Freddy" Rolin (1919-2001), Brussels/New York.
- Sotheby's, London, 30.11.1981, lot 284.
- Unknown collection.
- Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, 02.09.2015, lot 154.
- Private collection from western Switzerland.
Published:
Conru, Kevin / De Grunne, Bernard / Sharkar, Shaouli (2021): Collection Baron Freddy Rolin. Brussels: Conru Editions. Illustration of the colophon.
Described at Sotheby's (London, 30.11.1981, lot 284) as follows:
"A Bambara wood female Figure of stylized cubist form, standing with the legs flexed and the short arms pendent, incised geometric decoration on the columnar body and angular face, the hair arranged in a transverse ridge and with a fine dark glossy patina, 18in. (45.8cm.)"
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In Conru (Kevin), Bernard de Grunne & Shaouli Sharkar, "Collection Baron Freddy Rolin", Brussels: Conru Editions, 2021: described in the colophon as a door lock.
"Serrure, Bamana, Mali, vers 1900 / Door lock, Bamana, Mali, circa 1900."
CHF 1 000 / 2 000
Weight in grams: 922
Condition:
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