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Explore image in Janus Torso
early to mid-20th century
Wood and pigment
16 × 6 × 5 in. (40.64 × 15.24 × 12.7 cm)
Charles B. Benenson, B.A. 1933, Collection
2006.51.473
Geography:
Guinea Coast, Liberia
or geography Guinea Coast, Côte d’Ivoire
Culture:
Bassa
Period:
20th century
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Charles B. Benenson Collection, Greenwich, Conn; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2006): 222.
Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2004): ill. cover.
Richard Barnes, “Objects of Desire,” Yale Alumni Magazine (September/October 2004): 37, ill.
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), 275, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
