Dance wand

CultureLobi

MediumWood, brass

DimensionsOverall: 19 1/2 × 8 1/2 × 2 inches (49.53 × 21.59 × 5.08 cm)

Credit LineGift of the Tranin Family from the collection of Donald H. Tranin

Object number2013.47.36

On View

Not on view

Collections

African Art

Terms

Exhibition History

Unexpected Encounters, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, June 2-August 12, 2018.

Provenance

Anthony (1929-1994) and Pura (1923-2021) Chen, New York, NY, by 1989-May 4, 1995 [1];

Purchased at Anthony Chen’s posthumous sale, Important Tribal Art, Sotheby’s New York, May 4, 1995, lot 29, probably by Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, MI, May 4-October 16, 1995 [2];

Purchased from Donald Morris Gallery by Donald (1927-2007) and Sally (1930-2017) Tranin, Kansas City, MO, no. 189, October 16, 1995;

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] Published as in the Mr. and Mrs. Tony Chen collection in Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989 (Washington, DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), 564, no. 1564.

[2] Considering only five months elapsed between the Sotheby’s sale and Donald Morris’ sale to Donald and Sally Tranin, it is likely Donald Morris Gallery purchased this dance wand at the May 4, 1995 Sotheby’s sale.

Published References

Warren M. Robbins and Nancy Ingram Nooter, African Art in American Collections: Survey 1989 (Washington, DC and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989), 564, (repro.).

Important Tribal Art, Sotheby’s New York, May 4, 1995, lot 29, unpaginated, (repro.).

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