SONGYE STOOL Democratic Republic of the Congo The... Lot 45

SONGYE STOOL Democratic Republic of the Congo The base inscribed 246./RB.84 in white and RB38 in red, typed label C.86 and 54.145.86 in red 40 cm. high Provenance Raoul Blondiau (b.1878), photographer, Brussels Alan Wurzburger (1901-1963), Maryland The Baltimore Museum of Art Sotheby’s, New York, 29-30 April 1984, lot 434 Seymour Lazar, Palm Springs Exhibitions Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, "Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", 24 December 1937-16 January 1938, no.246 Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Wurtzburger Collection of African Art", 12 January -14 February 1954, no.86; Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C., 21 June – 31 August 1954; Memorial Gallery, Rochester, NY, 8 October - 7 November 1954 Literature Olbrechts, F. et al., "Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", Antwerp, 1937, p.30, no.246 (not illustrated) Wingert, P., "The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of African Sculpture", Baltimore, 1954, no.86