Plaque with single figure
Nigeria, Edo peoples, Benin Kingdom Court Style
16th–17th century
Copper alloy (brass or bronze)
Overall: 18 x 14 1/2 x 3 in. (45.72 x 36.83 x 7.62 cm)
Dallas Museum of Art, The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., 2005.38.McD
16th-17th century-1897: Palace of the Oba of Benin
1897: taken as war booty during the British Punitive Expedition(inventory number: 298)
1898-1950: British Museum, London (accession no. 98.1-15.100)
1950-1997: Edward A. Bragaline (d. 1999), New York, acquired from above through Sidney Burney, art dealer, London
1997: Alain de Monbrison, art dealer, Paris
1997-2005: Private collection, Italy, acquired from above
2005: The Eugene and Margaret McDermott Art Fund, Inc., Dallas, purchased through L&R Entwistle and Co., Ltd., London
Published Referencesbibliography Davidson, Ruth, “Paintings and Antiques: The New York Apartment of Edward A. Bragaline,” Antiques magazine (Nov. 1963), p. 560, fig. 6.
Twentieth Century Masters from the Bragaline Collection. New York: M. Knoedler &
Co, 1963), p. 49
Dark, Philip J.C., An Illustrated Catalogue of Benin Art. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1982, Illus. 58 (ref G5/50); p. 51.
TribalArts (Spring 1997), back cover, Monbrison advertisement
Carini, Vittorio, A Hidden Heritage: Sculture africane in collezioni private Italiene. Milan: Galleria Dalton-Somaré, 2004, Plate 152, illus.
Dallas Museum of Art, The Year in Review 2004-2005. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2006. Illustrated, p. 22.
Walker, Roslyn Adele. The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2009. p. 45; cat. no. 3, p. 44, 46.
Pitman, Bonnie, ed. Dallas Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 2012, p. 76.