IVORY COAST
IVORY COAST
A Gouro statuette depicting a standing woman with her arms extended away from her body
Wood with an eroded brown patina
One arm missing; a crack in the base
H.: 28 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and colleague 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 listing
IVORY COAST
A Gouro statuette depicting a standing woman with her arms extended away from her body
Wood with an eroded brown patina
One arm missing; a crack in the base
H.: 28 cm
Formerly in the collection of Dr. Frédéric André Wetzel, a physician and cultural figure in Munster, who was a close friend and colleague 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 listing
