Simian Figure with Cupped Hands | Yale University Art Gallery

19th to mid-20th century

Medium: Wood and fiber
Dimensions: 36 × 12 × 12 in. (91.4 × 30.5 × 30.5 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Robert Lee, B.A. 1957, M.A. 1959
Accession Number: 2018.55.26
Geography: Central, Côte d'Ivoire
Culture: Baule
Period: 19th–20th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Possibly Man Ray (1890–1976), Paris. Michel Anstett, Paris, France, by 1967; sale, Sotheby's, New York, January 21, 1967, lot 62; sold to Robert Lee, Frederick, Maryland, January 21, 1967; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2018

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2017–June 30, 2018," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed December 1, 2018), 4

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

Subject

monkey (animals)

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