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Figure with Elaborate Bustle

Figure with Elaborate Bustle

Gallery Location

Not currently on view

Unknown

Artist/Maker
Unknown (Guinea-Bissauan, Bijogo People)
Title
Figure with Elaborate Bustle
Date
20th century
Material & Process
Wood
Dimensions
with base: 31 1/4 x 8 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. overall
Credit
J. David and Laura Seefried Horsfall Endowment Fund purchase
Inventory No.
1997.28
Classification
Sculpture
Location
Guinea-Bissau

Related

1997, sold by Gallery DeRoche (San Francisco, CA) to the Elvehjem Art Museum [now called the Chazen Museum of Art] (Madison, WI)

  • Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
  • Drewal, Henry John. "African Art at the Elvehjem." Bulletin/Biennial Report 2001-2003. Elvehjem Museum of Art (2003): 16-36. pp. 16-36

  • Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002

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