Anonymous Sapi artist
Figure
Sierra Leone
16th century or earlier
Stone
16th century or earlier
Stone
height 14 cm
height 5 1/2 in
height 5 1/2 in
Photo: Flori Esser
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Provenance
René Guyot (1927-1979), Monrovia, Liberia/Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Vittorio & Marina Mangiò, Monza, Italy
Galerie Johann Levy, Paris, France, 2003
Private collection, 2003-2014
Sotheby’s, Paris, “Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie”, 10 December 2014, Lot 80
Collection Jean-Louis Danis
Exhibitions
Paris, France: “Pomdo Mahen Yafe et Nomoli”, Galerie Levy, September-October 2003
Publications
Tagliaferri (Aldo), “Stili del potere. Antiche sculture in pietra dalla Sierra Leone e dalla Guinea”, Milan, 1989:30, #9-10
Tagliaferri (Aldo), “Pomdo Mayen Yafe et Nomoli”, Paris: Galerie Johann Levy, 2003: #45