About the Artwork
Standing Female
between 19th and 20th century
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African
Baule
Wood
Including base (mount): 20 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 5 3/4 inches (51.4 × 14.9 × 14.6 cm)
Sculpture
African Art
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.65
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
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Marked, in paint, dealer or collector's mark, on buttock: C/40
Provenance
estate of Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969]
1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Arts and Crafts in Detroit. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, November 26, 1976-January 16, 1977, no. 286, p. 211 (ill.).
Detroit Collects African Art. Exh. cat., DIA. Detroit, April 21-May 29, 1977, no. 68 (ill.).
Quarcoopome, Nii. “Akan Wood Sculpture,” Bulletin of the DIA 91, no. 1-4 (2017): p. 102 (fig. 5.25).
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Baule, African, Standing Female, between 19th and 20th century, wood. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.65.
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