Gordon Reece - The Meeting of Cultures - 30th April 2026

Lot 1077

A YAKA-SUKU STANDING FEMALE FIGURE

Hammer £4445

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Description

A YAKA-SUKU STANDING FEMALE FIGURE
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
with a chevron band to the top of the head and scarification lines around and to the face, with an open mouth, with an inset charge to the abdomen and wearing a seed and charge around the neck,
60cm high, on a base numbered 1024

Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 11 July 1988. Lot 98
Galerie Dutko-Piazzini, Paris, France 1991
Mon Steyaert/De Gulden Snee, Brussels, Belgium, 1992. Sold to Italiaander Galleries, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kevin Conru, Brussels, Belgium 2001
German collection (according to Bruneaf 2013)
Lucas Ratton, Paris, France, Bruneaf 2013 (June)
Gordon Reece Collection

Publications
Arts d'Afrique Noire, no.78, 1991:44. Galerie Dutko-Piazzini, Paris (Salon de Mars)
Expo cat. The New York International Tribal Antiques Show, 7th annual, 2001:?
Expo cat. "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXIII", Brussels, 2013:111 (Lucas Ratton)
AHDRC - No. 0015412

Exhibited
New York, USA "The New York International Tribal Antiques Show", 7th annual, 20-23 May 2001 (Kevin Conru)
Brussels, Belgium, "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XXIII", 5-9 June 2013