Power Figure
With Ladislas Segy (1904-1988), New York, NY, no. 234, by 1952 [1];
Purchased from Segy by Stanley Marcus (1905-2002), Dallas, TX, no. AF-046, by 1952-November 22, 1996 [2];
Purchased at his sale, Important Tribal Art, Christie’s, New York, November 22, 1996, lot 162, probably by dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX 97062, 1996-May 28, 1997 [3];
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, May 28, 1997-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] See Ladislas Segy, African Sculpture Speaks (New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1952), 70-71, 238.
[2] Inventory page, Stanley Marcus Papers, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX. Marcus offered this figure for sale at Important Tribal Art, Christie’s, New York, May 5, 1995, lot 127, but it failed to sell.
[3] Given the short period of time (four months) between the November 22, 1996 sale and the date of the object documentation Félix submitted to the Helzbergs for consideration – March 21, 1997 – it’s likely Félix was the buyer at this sale.
Ladislas Segy, African Sculpture Speaks (New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1952), 70-71, 238, (repro.).
Ladislas Segy, African Sculpture Speaks, 3rd ed. (New York: Hill and Wang, 1969), 56-57, 296, (repro.).
Important Tribal Art, Christie’s, New York, May 5, 1995, 45, (repro.).
Important Tribal Art, Christie’s, New York, November 22, 1996, 54-55, (repro.).
