Female Figure | Yale University Art Gallery

early 20th century

Medium: Wood
Dimensions: 16 9/16 × 4 1/2 × 4 1/8 in. (42 × 11.5 × 10.5 cm)
Credit Line: Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
Accession Number: 2006.51.100
Geography: Gabon
Culture: Punu
Period: 20th century
Classification: Sculpture
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Provenance

Edward Klejman, Paris, to Jan 5, 1979; Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn, 1979–2004; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Bibliography

Frederick John Lamp, Amanda Maples, and Laura M. Smalligan, Accumulating Histories: African Art from the Charles B. Benenson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2012), 127, ill

"Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006), 222

Object copyright

Additional information

Object/Work type

figures (representations)

women

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