Power Figure

Raoul Lehuard (1933-2020), Arnouville, France, no. 193, by 1984-October 20, 1998 [1];

Purchased from Lehuard by Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris, stock no. 742, as Fétiche Suku, October 20-November 23, 1998 [2];

Purchased from Galerie Ratton-Hourdé by the dealer Marc Leo Félix, Brussels, Belgium, no. FX981092, November 23, 1998-February 22, 1999 [3];

Purchased from Félix by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, no. 107, Kansas City, MO, February 22, 1999;

By descent to their son, Ed Tranin, Leawood, KS, and their daughter, Laura Tranin, Seattle, WA, by 2013;

Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2013.

NOTES:

[1] Marie-Louise Bastin, Introduction aux Arts de l’Afrique Noire (Arnouville, France: Arts d’Afrique Noire, 1984), 386-87, 418, (repro.). Raoul Lehuard founded the journal Arts d’Afrique Noire in 1972 and frequently contributed his own writings on African art. Lehuard inherited a collection of African objects from his father Robert Lehuard (1902-1983), who collected them in Congo in the 1920s and 1930s, but it is unclear if Raoul Lehuard inherited this figure from his father or acquired it personally by other means.

[2] Galerie Ratton-Hourdé archives, with thanks to Elisa Bautheir, Galerie Philippe Ratton for providing this information. Raoul Lehuard and his wife Nadine sold a large part of their collection to Galerie Ratton-Hourdé in 1998-1999.

[3] Ibid. Félix’s stock number is written on a label on the underside of the object.