Specifications

• Height:121 cm.
• Material: wood
• Position:
• Gender: male
• Indigenous name:
• Price realised: € 352.800,-

Provenance

Jacques Viot (1898-1973), acquired in situ 1929; Pierre Loeb (1897-1964), Paris; Alphonse Kann (1870-1948), Paris before 1940; through descendants in the family; Joyce and Samir Mansour (1916-1999), Paris; through descendancy; Christie’s Paris 22-6-2023, lot 8.

Publications

Wirz, Paul (1929), Bei liebenswürdigen Wilden in Neuguinea, no. 97; Greub, Suzanne (1992), Art of North West New Guinea, pp. 97, ill 65; 99, ill. 69 and 164, ill. 9.

Exhibitions

Additional information

Photo credits

Christie’s Paris