Anthropomorphic Reliquary Head, Añgokh-Nlô-Byeri
Unidentified Fang Artist, Gabon
Wood, metal alloy, palm oil, organic material
H: 67cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired by Marie-Joseph Blache between 1902 - 1907
Private Collection, France, thence by descent, 2023
Cole Harrell, New York
CF
Warnod (André), Arts decoratifs et curiosites artistiques, Paris: Comoedia, 2 January 1912:151, 201
Evans (Walker), African Negro Art-A Corpus of Photographs by Walker Evans, New York:
The Museum of Modern Art, 1935: WE 321-322
Christie's, London, African Art from the Collection of the late Josef Mueller, 13 June 1978, lot 136
Piasa, Paris, 23 October 1996, lot 212
Sotheby's, Paris, Collection Viviane Jutheau, Comtesse de Witt: Au Coeur des Arts d’Afrique,
14 December 2016, lot 16
Sold to a Distinguished Private Collection, Paris, 2023
Wifredo LAM (1902-1982)
Untitled, circa 1950
Oil on canvas
73 x 54 cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist around 1954 by the current owners, Mr. and Mrs. Alice Pole-Woods.
- Estate of John and Alice Pole-Woods
Cole Harrell, New York
Sold to a Distinguished Private Collection, USA, 2022
Anthropomorphic Female Headdress, D’MBA YAMBAN
Identified Baga Artist, Guinea
Wood, organic pigment
H: 104cm
PROVENANCE
Almost certainly acquired in situ by Emil Storrer (1917-1989), Zurich, circa 1950
Almost certainly Julius Carlebach, New York
Private Collection, Detroit, Michigan, acquired circa 1970
Private Collection, Michigan, thence by descent
Cole Harrell, New York
CF
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, inv. 2008.38.17 (gift of the Erle Loran Family Collection) Kreeger Museum, Washington, D.C. (acquired from Julius Carlebach, 1968; acquired in situ by E. Storrer, 1952) Museum Rietberg, Zürich, Switzerland, inv. RAF 7 (acquired in situ by Emil Storrer, 1952)
Sold to a Distinguished Private Collection, Brussels, 2024
Anthropomorphic Female Face Mask, TANKAGLE or DEANGLE
Unidentified Dan-Yacouba Artist, Cote d’Ivoire
Wood, metal alloy, pigment, fiber, organic material
H: 22cm
PROVENANCE
Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013), New York, NY, acquired 18 April 1964
Collection of William Brill (1918-2003), New York, NY, acquired from above before 1978, inv. 82
Private Collection, New York, NY, thence by descent, 2003
Sotheby's, New York, The William W. Brill Collection of African Art, 17 November 2006, lot 33
Lance Entwistle, London/Paris, UK/France, acquired at the above sale
Cole Harrell, New York, acquired from the above, 2017
LITERATURE
Lehuard (Raoul), La collection William Brill, in Arts d'Afrique Noire, no.26, Arnouville, 1978:22 Robbins (Warren M.) and Nooter (Nancy Ingram), African Art in American Collections,
Survey 1989, Washington/London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989:160, #298
Robbins (Warren M.) and Nooter (Nancy Ingram), African Art in American Collections, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing, 2004, #298
Sold to the Beast Collection, Montréal, Canada, 2017
Anthropomorphic Standing Power Figure, NKISI NKONDI
Unidentified Kongo-Vili Artist, D.R. Congo, Loango Coast
Wood, metal alloy, rotan, glass, pigment, organic material
H: 59cm
PROVENANCE
Acquired in situ by Mr. Mugnier while working as an engineer for the Mayumbe Railroad, 1936-1939 Mugnier Family Collection, France, thence by descent
Cole Harrell, New York
CF
Rijkmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Netherlands (inv. RV-2668-888) Sotheby’s, Paris, 8 June 2007, lot 248 (Bronson Collection, Los Angeles)
Sold to a Distinguished Private Collection, New York, 2021
