Art Institute of Chicago
Face Mask (Mbuya jia Mukhetu: Nganga Ngombo?)
Pende · 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Acquired in the Belgian Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) by Lore Kegel, 1956 [this and the following according to correspondence between Alex Dorn and Costa Petridis, Feb. 12, 2024; copy in curatorial object file]; given to Georg Kegel, Hamburg, 1957; sold, Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, Sept. 19, 2009, lot 380, to Cassiopeia Fine Arts, Chicago; sold to Kevin E. Lyle, Chicago, Oct. 21, 2009; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2024.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, Sept. 19, 2009, lot 380.
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