Male Power Figure (Bwanga) attached to a Staff by Luluwa
Art Institute of Chicago

Male Power Figure (Bwanga) attached to a Staff

Luluwa · late 19th or early 20th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. 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.

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