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Fragment of a Human figure
Fragment of a Human figure

Fragment of a Human figure

CultureNok
MediumTerracotta
DimensionsOverall: 3 5/8 × 2 3/4 × 3 inches (9.22 × 6.99 × 7.62 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin
Object number2013.47.52
On View
On view
Gallery Location
  • L9
Collections
Provenance

With a Haoussa dealer, Belgium;

Purchased from a Haoussa dealer by Pierre Dartevelle (b. 1940), Brussels, Belgium [1];

Purchased from Dartevelle by Michael Oliver, New York, NY, by November 1997-March 25, 1999 [2];

Purchased from Michael Oliver by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, no. 157, Kansas City, MO, March 25, 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] According to Pierre Dartevelle, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, Specialist, Provenance, September 8, 2022, NAMA curatorial files. The identity of the dealer is currently unknown.

[2] According to Michael Oliver, in email correspondence with MacKenzie Mallon, September 23, 2022, Oliver purchased this figure from Dartevelle in 1995 or 1996.

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