Senufo male figure - Lot 108

Senufo male figure Attributed to the "Cock's Crest" master workshop Ivory Coast Wood. H. 68 cm Interesting standing male sculpture, which, beyond its general style, and even if it even if it does not bear the marks of a long and intensive use "in situ", presents a set of particular details such as the eyes outlined with double lines, the scarification descending in curves from the wings of the nose to the corners of the mouth, the chin and mouth forming a protruding point oblong torso and arched back, with very broad arms at the shoulders arms are very wide at the shoulders, encircled by rings before tapering to the elbows, and the legs are short. to suggest an attribution, if not to the so-called "cock's crest" master himself because of a few specific details, but at least to one of the great disciples of his his workshop. The right hand must have been brandishing a scepter or weapon. Note the remarkable interplay of volumes and openings typical of this particular style of Senufo art. Note : - Bearing an old handwritten label under the base "Statue d'homme, bois patine noire Senoufo (Haute Côte d'Ivoire) 68 cm (Vérité)" Provenance: - Acquired from Galerie Vérité (Paris) in the 1950s by a previous owner. - Collection of an amateur couple. Bibliography: - Eberhard Fischer, Lorenz Homberger & Alii: Catalogue of the exhibition "Les maîtres de la sculpture in Ivory Coast" Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac 2015 pages 173 and 174