RICHMOND BARTHE (American, 1909-1989). FERAL BENGA, signed. Titled and dated 1935 on label under base. Bronze - H: 20 1/4 in.; 19 in. including base.; W: 7 1/4 in.; D: 5 3/4 in.; Estimate $40,000-60,000
PROVENANCE: Acquired at Ascension Gallery, Washington, DC, in the 1990s
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NOTE: This casting was made circa 1960, at Modern Art Foundry, Long Island City, New York. See an example illustrated in Cedric Dover's American Negro Art published in 1960.
Sloans & Kenyon is grateful to Margaret Rose Vendryes, author of "Barthe: A Life in Sculpture" (2008) for her assistance in researching this lot.
