
Art Institute of Chicago
Plank Mask
Bwa · Early/mid–20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- 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
Research assistant