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Mask, 19th–early 20th century
Wood, bindings, red pigment
62 x 28 cm (24 7/16 x 11 in.)
The Marcia and John Friede Collection, a Promised Gift to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco L05.1.74

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Artist Biography: (none) PROVENANCE: "André Lhote Collection, Paris." (Catalog #80, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 95.) EXHIBITIONS: 1957 - Cannes, 1957, "Arts d' Afrique et d'Océanie." PUBLICATIONS: 2005 - "A dowel-like crossbar in the back is held in the mouth of the dancer. There are related masks in the Néprajzi Múseum, Budapest (Bodrogi, 1981, vol. 1, no. 41), and the Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt (Vatter, 1926, fig. 88). The latter was collected in 1903." (Catalog #80, New Guinea Art: Masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede, 2005, Volume 2, p. 95.) 1979 - Ferri auction, Paris, Dec. 17, 1979, André Lhote sale, lot 258. 1957 - Cannes 1957, no. 314 (not ill.)

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