Figure
CultureYaka
Daten.d.
MediumWood
DimensionsOverall: 6 1/4 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 inches (15.88 × 4.45 × 4.45 cm)
Credit LineGift of Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg Jr.
Object number2013.42.5
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionStanding figure with arms clasped to bodiceProvenanceJoseph Henrion (1936-1983), Brussels, Belgium, by 1983 [1];
With Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, stock no. FX97185, by July 17-October 2, 1997;
Purchased from Félix by Shirley and Barnett C. Helzberg, Jr., Mission Hills, KS, October 2, 1997-2013;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.
NOTES:
[1] According to Marc Leo Félix, in documentation provided at the time of the object’s purchase, NAMA curatorial files. Henrion was a Belgian artist whose sculptural work was influenced by African objects.
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