A Lobi sculpture

A Lobi sculpture, Ivory Coast, large wedge-shaped feet leading to diamond-shaped legs, prominent buttocks, the torso with a pointed navel, the sloping shoulders leading to flattened arms attached to the body, an almost spherical head with a protruding slightly opened mouth, the corners of the mouth lifted, bulging eyes, a striated cap-like coiffure, dark brown patina, traces of age and ritual use, several little holes.

Lit: Daniela Bognolo: Lobi. Visions of Africa, 2007 Milan; Floros & Sigrid Katsouros/Stephan und Petra Herkenhoff: Anonyme Schnitzer der Lobi, Hannover 2006; Piet Meyer: Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981; Galerie Flak: Magie Lobi, Paris 2003; Floros Katsouros: Lobi - Figuren, chefs d'oeuvre und Kultobjekte, Hannover 2013; Kat. Ausst.: Lobi. Westafrikanische Skulpturen aus der Sammlung Greschik, anlässlich der Ausstellung „Die Entdeckung des Individuums“, Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2016, Berlin 2016.

100 - 150,- Euro

Height: 25 cm
Weight: 300 g