CXU-096132

A Songye Figure

Democratic Republic of the Congo

45.0 cm (17.7 in)

Sales Results

Lot 11, Sotheby's, Paris — Jun 22, 2016
Malcolm Volume Two: Paris
Estimate: EUR 80,000–120,000
Sold: EUR 99,000
USD 112,180
Lot 103, Native Auctions, Brussels — Jun 9, 2026
Modern Art, Tribal Art and 20th century Furniture
Estimate: EUR 70,000–100,000
Unsold

Publications

  • Michael Kan, Masterworks of African Art: The Congo Basin, 2003, n.p.

  • François Neyt, Songye. La Redoutable Statuaire Songye d'Afrique Centrale/Songye. the Formidable Statuary of Central Africa, Antwerp, Mercatorfonds, 2004, p.70, fig.31

  • Frank Herreman, Icons of Perfection. Figurative Sculpture from Afrika, Hamline University, Hamline University Press, 2006, p.38, fig.21

  • Frank Herreman, Icônes de perfection, in Tribal Arts, Spring 2006, n°12, p. 94, n°8 (ill.)

Exhibitions

  • Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Masterworks of African Art, The Congo basin, 6 September 2003 - 2 May 2004

  • Saint-Paul, Hamline University Art Galleries, Icons of Perfection. Figurative sculpture from Africa, 2 December 2005 - 11 February 2006