Baule Seated Spirit Figure
blolo bian

Baule Seated Spirit Figure blolo bian - now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art - image 1

Baule peoples, Ivory Coast
Wood. 19th century
Height: 60.3 cm

Provenance
Isaac Païlès, Paris (acquired circa 1930)
Jean-Claude Bellier, Paris

Selected Exhibition History
27 September, 1984-15 January, 1985, New York, The Museum of Modern Art, Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinities of the Tribal and the Modern
27 February-19 May, 1985, Detroit, MI, The Detroit Institute of Arts, Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinities of the Tribal and the Modern
23 June 23-1 September, 1985, Dallas, TX, Dallas Museum of Art, Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinities of the Tribal and the Modern
Permanent Collection Dallas Museum of Art, [Acc. No. 1994.200.McD]

Selected Publication History
William Rubin, Ed., Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinities of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, v I, p 15 (bottom right)
Roslyn Adele Walker, The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art, New Haven, CT, 2010, pp 104-105, cat 26

Photo by Jeremy

Acquired from Entwistle by
Dallas Museum of Art

Baule Seated Spirit Figure blolo bian - now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art - image 1 Baule Seated Spirit Figure blolo bian - now in the collection of the Dallas Museum of Art - image 2