Large female statuette kneeling on an upturned mortarboard Dogon, Mali Wood with a thick sacrificial patina 17th - 18th century H. 67.5 cm Provenance : - H & H Kamer (1937-1992). Cannes/New York, before 1958 Publications : - Leiris and Delange. Art de l'Afrique Noire, Palais Gravelle Besançon, 1958, PI.IV, cat.39 (Coll. Henri Kamer) - CRACAP. Les Dogons, 1972, p. 16 - Leloup. Statuaire Dogon, Strasbourg, 1994, no. 21 - Masterpieces of Dogon statuary, Stuttgart. 1998, n°7, p. 58. - Leloup. Dogon, Paris, Musée du quai Branly, 2011, p. 111 Exhibitions : - Nantes, Chapelle de l'Oratoire, Dégé, l'héritage Dogon, June 21-September 18, 1995 - Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Masterpieces of Dogon statuary, April 26-August 2, 1998 - Paris, Dogon, Musée du quai Branly, April 15 - July 24 2011

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