Chiwara Skulpture, Bamana, Mali

19th – early 20th century

Wood, pigments

L. 52cm

Provenance:

Pierre Verité, Paris, acquired before 1958

Publication:

Eliot Elisofon, William Fagg, The Sculpture of Africa, 1958, Nr. 41

Robert Goldwater, Antelopes and Queens: Bambara Sculpture from the Western Sudan, Museum of Primitive Art, 1960, p. 43, n° 64

Dominique Zahan, Antilopes du Soleil, 1980, Planche 85, n°. III2

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The chiwara – an icon of African Art

Published by Eliot Elisofon and William Fagg in the great classic the Sculpture of Africa in 1958 and part of the historic exhibition curated by Robert Goldwater in 1960 in New York – the first monograph on the art of the Bamana – this chiwara sculpture is a chef-d’oeuvre, the work of an artist that understood to create sculptural perfection through balance, movement and great finesse.