IGBO

A group of monumental Igbo figures from Nigeria of fine artistic quality were presented in Maastricht TEFAF recreating their lost past in the “mise en scène” and underlining the creativity and imposing presence of these unusually large sculptures, half human, half divine.

Male figure, Nigeria

Wood, H. 95 cm
XIX C.

Anne and Jacques Kerchache Collection, Paris.

Publication:
« L’Art Africain », Jacques Kerchache et alii, Paris, 1988, p. 178.

IGBO

Male figure by the Awka Master, Nigeria
Wood, H. 200 cm
XIX C.

Private Collection, 1968.

Exhibited & published:
“Scultura monumentale della Nigeria. Le figure degli Ibo”, November 1985 – February 1986, Studio Carlo Grossetti, Milano, 1985, p. 30-31