Divination Board
- L9
Probably Sol (1909-2002) and Josephine (1920-2008) Levitt, New York [1];
With Roland de Montaigu (b. 1925), Paris and New York [2];
With Michael Oliver, New York, NY, by June 29-November 7, 1998;
Purchased from Oliver by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, November 7, 1998-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to Michael Oliver in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files, the object was formerly in the Levitt collection. Sol and Jo Levitt were prominent collectors of African art. In a letter to David Binkley, Curator, NAMA curatorial files, Oliver indicated the object had “been in a collection here for a long time.”
[2] According to Michael Oliver, see note 1.
