大型女性祖先雕像 - Bété. - 象牙海岸
编号 82852499
贝特 - 象牙海岸 (没有保留价)
编号 82852499
贝特 - 象牙海岸 (没有保留价)
A male, Beté sculpture, Ivory Coast, collected in the region of Guiberoua, feet shoulder width apart, strong legs with wide calves, carved around the knees, the male genitalia exposed, the stomach is round with a defined navel, above the navel is scarification marks, the pectorals strong extend to muscular arms with supinated hands painted white; the neck is thick and has scarification on each side, the face narrow compared to the neck and has small features, the mouth is painted white; the prominent forehead is accentuated by the three large cornrows on the head, Signs of Use. Certificate of origin and Provenance.
Le Corneur et Roudillon, Coll Kamer, Qualité, 1975,
Berjonneau, Sonnery et allii, Chefs-d'œuvre inédits de l'Afrique noire, 1987,Rivière et Lehuard, Art Africain, 1991,
Bete figures and a selection of Guro figures, The Africa albums, 1996,
Boyer, Girard et Rivière, A rts premiers de Côte d'Ivoire, 1997, p. 56-
Bassani, Africa. Capolavori da un continente, 2003,
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Signes du corps, 2004,
Bassani, Arts of Africa. 7000 ans d'art africain, 2005,
Neyt, Trésors de Côte d’Ivoire, 2014.