2012.75

Object Title
Figure of a Man
Measurements
24 x 9 x 9 in
Creation Date
500 bce - 200 ce
Credit Line
Gift of Margaret H. Demant
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
www.dia.org
Provenance Information
Acquired by donor from Amadou Thiam Gallery, of Dakar, Paris, and Los Angeles around 1995. Thiam claims to have given the donor relevant export documents but the donor's recent health issues have made searching for these documents difficult. The donors sister found a file with the required documentation but these appear to be for a different piece. The dealer has likewise been unable to find copies in any of the three locations. The donor long ago promised the DIA the pick of her collection.
Exhibition Information
Work has been on view at the museum since the grand opening of 2007, when it was placed on view in the renovated African galleries.
Publication Information
No known information
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work was verbally promised to the DIA at the grand opening of the remodelled museum in 2007 when the piece went on view with the reinstalled African galleries.

2012.74

Object Title
Bust of a Man
Measurements
22 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 7 in
Creation Date
200 bce/150 ce
Credit Line
Gift of the Collection of William L. and Ellen D. Kahn
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
www.dia.org
Provenance Information
Acquired in the mid-199o by donors from Paris-based dealer, Alain de Monbrisson. Montbrisson asserts that he has no export papers because he bought the piece from another (unspecified) Paris dealer. T
Exhibition Information
No known information
Publication Information
No known information
Section of the AAMD Guidelines relied upon for the exception to 1970
Gift or bequest expected or on loan prior to 2008
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
This work was verbally promised to the DIA at the grand opening of the remodelled museum in 2007 when the piece went on view with the reinstalled African galleries.
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