Art Institute of Chicago
Royal Chair (Asipim)
Asante · Late 19th/early 20th century
Provenance
Ownership history
- Unnamed owner, New York, N.Y., by 1998; sold to Mr. Marshall Field, Chicago, Ill, 1998; given to the Art Institute, 1998.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- Kathleen Bickford Berzock, "African Art at the Art Institute of Chicago," African Arts, vol. 32, no. 4 (Winter 1999), pp. 18-35; 21 (ill.).
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