Plank Mask by Bwa
Art Institute of Chicago

Plank Mask

Bwa · Early/mid–20th century

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Maurice Nicaud (died 2004), Paris; sold to Marceau Rivière, Paris, about the 1980s; sold to Merton Simpson (died 2013), Merton D. Simpson Gallery, New York, N.Y., about the 1980s; on consignment to Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Mich., 1992; sold to Ruth Wainger Hurwitz (Mrs. Solomon C. Hurwitz), Bloomfield, Mich., 1992; by inheritance to her children, 2000; on consignment to John Buxton, Shango Galleries, Dallas, Tex., 2008; sold to the Art Institute, 2008.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Published references

  • Clara Granzotto and Ken Sutherland. 2023. "Black, Red and White: Characterization of Painting Materials on a Group of Bwa Masks from Burkina Faso" Applied Sciences 13, no. 22: 12240.
  • https://doi.org/10.3390/app132212240

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