Anonymous Igbo-Izzi artist
Elephant headdress
Nigeria
Wood, pigments
Wood, pigments
22 x 43 cm
8 5/8 x 16 7/8 in
8 5/8 x 16 7/8 in
Copyright The Artist
Further images
Provenance
Galerie Hélène Kamer, Paris, France, 1980
Collection Hubert Goldet, Paris, France, 2001
de Ricqlès, Paris, 30 June-1 July 2001. Lot 158.
Private collection, USA
Galerie Roberta & Lance Entwistle, Paris, France
Javier Peres, Berlin, Germany, 2014-2026
Exhibitions
"Masques 'Elephant' Igbo", Galerie Hélène Kamer, Paris 18 June - 5 July 1980"Paris Tribal", 9 - 11 April 2014 (Entwistle)
Publications
Neyt (François), ‘Masques éléphants et statuaire des Igbo’, in: Arts d’Afrique Noire, No.32, Winter 1979:29"Masques 'Elephant' Igbo", Paris: Galerie Hélène Kamer, 1980: pl.3
Thornton (Lynne), "Black African Art in Paris", in: The Connoisseur, Vol. 206, February 1981:117, No. 828
Berjonneau (Gérald); Jean-Louis Sonnery; Bernard de Grunne; Robert Farris Thompson; Pierre Harter; Dominique Lacroze, "Rediscovered Masterpieces of African Art", Boulogne: Art 135, 1987= "Chefs-d'oeuvre inédits de l'Afrique noire", Bordas/Fondation Dapper, 1987= "Onbekende meesterwerken uit zwart Afrika", Tielt: Lannoo, 1987:150, no.108a-108b
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