Mask

Acquired by Lester Wunderman (New York, NY) between January 1957 [1] and May 1962 (when he made contact with UW–Madison staff about the collection) from an as-yet unknown European source; July 1962, given by Lester Wunderman to the University of Wisconsin–Madison; 1967, transferred to UW–Madison’s Elvehjem Art Center (now called the Chazen Museum of Art). [Last researched by Chazen staff 4/28/2023] [1] when he first began collecting African art, according to the preface of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s catalogue "Art of the Dogon: Selections from the Lester Wunderman Collection"

• Exhibition gallery guide, "Revealing Forms: African Art from the Elvehjem Collection." 2002.
• Chazen Museum of Art. "re:mancipation." Madison, WI: Chazen Museum of Art, 2024. pp. 81, 157

• re:mancipation: Chazen Museum of Art, 2/6/2023–6/25/2023
• Revealing Forms: African Art from the Collection: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 4/20/2002–6/16/2002
• Negro Heritage: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 11/1/1968–6/11/1969
• Title unknown [University of Wisconsin Union Gallery exhibition]: Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2/8/1963–3/5/1963

• Africa
• Sculpture

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