Chair

Object Details

Chokwe artist

Description

Wood chair with leather seat, flared legs, two horizontal back splats, male face with headdress top center, 3D figures carved on chair rails: displayed male figure; displayed female figure; embracing couple; man with blacksmith bellows and forge.

Provenance

Helena Rubinstein, -- to 1966, auction

Paul and Ruth Tishman, New York, 1966 to 1981

Exhibition History

Helena Rubinstein: Madame's Collection, Musée du quai Branly-Jacques Chirac, Paris, November 19, 2019-June 28, 2020

African Emblems of Status, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., October 29, 1982-April 3, 1983

The Stranger Among Us, National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., March 24-September 7, 1982

Published References

Parke-Bernet. 1966. African and Oceanic Art: The Collection of Helena Rubinstein. Auction catalogue (April 21, 29). New York, 2469, no. 243.

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Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman

Late 19th to mid-20th century

Object number

81-23-3

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Decorative Arts

Medium

Wood, skin, metal

Dimensions

H x W x D: 60.1 x 29.9 x 39.7 cm (23 11/16 x 11 3/4 x 15 5/8 in.)

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola

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Topic

male

female

couple

Record ID

nmafa_81-23-3

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ys770d282d7-a808-405c-8dfb-703e30f1433b