Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE D: WORLD ART
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Preferred Title:
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Wee Female Mask from Côte d'Ivoire
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Image View:
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Overall view from front left
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Creator:
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unknown (Ivorian sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: FABA (Fundación Almine Y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso Para El Arte) (Madrid, Madrid, Spain)
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Location Note:
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From Africa to the Americas: Face-to-Face Picasso, Past and Present (2018 exhibition)
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Date:
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before 1914 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Ivorian
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Style Period:
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Wee
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Work Type 1:
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ceremonial mask
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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wood
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Technique:
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carving (processes)
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Measurements:
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24 cm (height) x 14.5 cm (width) x 14 cm (depth)
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Subjects:
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abstraction; Guinea Coast
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Description:
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The Wee (or Gere) are Kru-speaking people from the Guinea Coast. This mask was owned by Picasso, purchased in 1914 from his friend, the dealer Paul Guillaume (1891-1934). Dealer of Chaim Soutine and Amedeo Modigliani, he was one of the first to organize African art exhibitions. The Wee people use such masks to resolve disputes in their communities. (Source: Le Fur, Yves, ed.; Through the Eyes of Picasso: Face to Face with African and Oceanic Art, Paris: Editions Flammarion, 2017 (978-2-08-020319-9))
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Collection:
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Archivision Adjunct Module D: World Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-AFRICAN-FAFFM-MWA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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