Art Institute of Chicago
Goldweight Depicting a Pyramid Surmounted by Spiral
Asante · Mid–18th/early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- George Stoecklin (died 1997), Golfe-Juan, France, by 1978 [see correspondence with Jean Britt in curatorial file]; sold to Raymond E. Britt, Jr. (died 2004), Britt Family Collection, Chicago, Ill., 1978; given to the Art Institute, 1978.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Exhibitions
Exhibition history
- Knoxville, Tenn., Frank H. McClung Museum, University of Tennessee, The World Moves, We Follow: Celebrating African Art, Jan. 10–May 18, 2003, cat. 17.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Critical Fabulation, Oct. 10, 2025-Jan. 4, 2026, no cat.
Literature
Published references
- Nii Otokunor Quarcoopome, "Art of the Akan,” African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 23, 2 (1997, p. 144 (ill.).
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