
Art Institute of Chicago
Male Power Figure (Bwanga) attached to a Staff
Luluwa · late 19th or early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Reportedly acquired in the then Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) by Edmond Siron (1865–1918), between c. 1910 and 1918 [this and the following according to letter from an unknown/unnamed third party to Steve Farr dated Apr. 8, 1998; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to Anselm Grossman; by descent to his estate; consigned to an unknown/unnamed third party by Mara Balusek [Balusek was the executor of Grossman’s estate]; sold to Steve Farr, Dallas, probably early 1980s; Taylor Dale Gallery, Santa Fe; sold to Ralph T. Coe, Santa Fe, 1998; transferred to the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, 2010; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2025.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
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