Female Bust

CultureBambara peoples

Date19th-20th century

MediumWood, glass, and paint

DimensionsOverall: 31 3/4 × 9 × 9 inches (80.65 × 22.86 × 22.86 cm)

Credit LineGift of Estelle and Morton Sosland

Object number78-42/1

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Exhibition History

A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977-1987, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, October 14-December 6, 1987, no. 2.

Provenance

With J. J. Klejman, New York, NY [1];

Estelle (1925-2021) and Morton (1925-2019) Sosland, Kansas City, MO, by December 1978;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1978.

NOTES:

[1] Photographs in the curatorial file, presumably from the donors, are stamped with Klejman’s name.

Published References

Roger Ward, ed., A Bountiful Decade: Selected Acquisitions, 1977-1987, exh. cat. (Kansas City, MO: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 1987), 20-21, (repro.).

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