kanaga Wood height 16 1/2in (42cm) Provenance John Giltsoff, London/New York/Brussels/Girona Don Nelson Collection, Greenwich Drs. Nicole and John Dintenfass Collection, New York Sotheby's, New York, 19 May 2000, Lot 177 Jan Krugier Collection, Monaco German Private Collection Published Barbier, Jean-Paul, Confidentiellement vôtre, Arts and Cultures, No. 2, 2001, p. 196, fig. 5; Diederen, Roger and Christian Lange, Das Ewige Auge - From Rembrandt to Picasso: Masterworks from the Collection of Jon Krugier and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowsk, Munich, 2007, pp 490-91, cat. 237 Ekelhart, Christine and Klaus Albrecht Schröder, Goya bis Picasso: Meisterwerke der Sammlung Jan Krugier un Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Vienna, 2005, p. 310. ill. 1 Stocci, F, 2017, Pascali Sciamoano, Milan: Foundation Carrier, Vol. 1, pp 72, 77 Exhibited Vienna, From Goya to Picasso: Masterpieces from the Collection of Jan Krugier and Marie-Ann Krugier-Poniatowski, Albertina Museum, Vienna, 8 April - 28 August 2005 Munich, Das Ewige Auge - From Rembrandt to Picasso: Masterworks from the Collection of Jan Krugier and Marie-Anne Krugier-Poniatowski, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, 20 September - 7 October 2007 Milan, Pascali Sciamano, Fondazione Carriero, 23 March - 24 June 2017 The most obvious and striking feature of this superb kanaga mask is the dominating nasal plane which extends out underneath the domed head, creating a masterful work of abstraction, morphing when viewed from various directions; fine light brown weathered patina indicative of significant age.