IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST
Baoulé-style statuette depicting a standing man with his hands pressed against his body
Heavily veined wood with a brown patina
A crack running across the torso and a break at the feet, repaired but with material loss. The base of the pedestal is eroded
H.: 51 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Münster, and a close friend and collaborator of Albert Schweitzer. The collection was subsequently passed down and expanded by his son, a pharmacist based in Lambaréné (Gabon) and later in Côte d’Ivoire, according to oral family tradition.
See Biography in the sale catalog
IVORY COAST
Baoulé-style statuette depicting a standing man with his hands pressed against his body
Heavily veined wood with a brown patina
A crack running across the torso and a break at the feet, repaired but with material loss. The base of the pedestal is eroded
H.: 51 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Münster, and a close friend and collaborator of Albert Schweitzer. The collection was subsequently passed down and expanded by his son, a pharmacist based in Lambaréné (Gabon) and later in Côte d’Ivoire, according to oral family tradition.
See Biography in the sale catalog
