ARTIST: Mumuye (Nigeria)

TITLE: Mumuye Ancestral Figure

MEDIUM: Wood, Paint

DATE: Unkown

SIZE: H 31.75 x W 4.5 x D 4.5 in

PRICE: Please Inquire

Beautifully carved African Ancestral Figure, from the Mumuye people of the Nigeria. A very special piece originally exhibited as part of the Erle & Clyta Loran Collection.

PROVENANCE:

Private Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Michael Sorafine Primitive Arts, Los Angeles, CA
Erle & Clyta Loran, Berkeley, CA

This beautifully carved Mumuye Figure Sculpture was exhibited as a part of the Erle & Clyta Loran Collection. A typical ancestral figure, the sculpture is highly abstracted, with openwork between the body and the arms, which forms a scroll or a spiral around the slender, cylindrical bust. The face of the Mumuye Figure has scarification and white trade paint accentuating the various features.

MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS:

The Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, The Artist As Collector, Curated by James B. Byrnes, March 15 – May 4, 1975
M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, CA, African and ancient Mexican art: the Loran Collection, October 12, 1974-January 12, 1975

LITERATURE:

The Artist As Collector Exhibition Catalog, 1975, Catalog and Exhibition Prepared by James B. Byrnes, Pg 58
African and ancient Mexican art: the Loran Collection Catalogue, 1973, Authors: Loran, Erle; Thomas Seligman; Jane Dwyer n Edward Dwyer, Pg 50

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