BAOULÉ MASK IVORY COAST Wood H.: 97 cm (38¹?? in.); W.: 57 cm (22¹?? in.) A Baule mask, Ivory Coast Provenance: Collection of Jeff Vander Straete (1904–1985), Brussels Private collection, Belgium Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then passed down through the family Exhibitions: Tervuren, Belgium, African Art in Belgian Collections, Royal Museum for Central Africa, 29 June – 30 October 1963 Ixelles, Belgium, Art Africain/Afrikaanse Kunst, Ixelles Museum, 18 August 1966 – 11 June 1967 Bibliography: Art from Africa in Belgian Collections, Maesen (Albert) & Van Geluwe (Huguette), Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa, 1963, p. 78, no. 434 (unillustrated) African Art/Afrikaanse Kunst, Ixelles Museum, 1967, no. 7 Meauzé (Pierre), L’Art Nègre, Amsterdam/Paris: Meulenhoff/Librairie Hachette, 1967, p. 167 A BAULE MASK IVORY COAST Wood H.: 38¹?? in.; W.: 22¹?? in. Provenance: Jeff Vander Straete Collection (1904–1985), Brussels Private collection, Belgium Jean-Jacques Rotthier Collection (1932–2009), Brussels, then by descent Exhibitions: Tervuren, Belgium, Art from Africa in Belgian Collections, Royal Museum for Central Africa, 29 June–30 October 1963 Ixelles, Belgium, Art Africain / Afrikaanse Kunst, Museum of Ixelles, 18 August 1966 – 11 June 1967 Bibliography: Maesen (Albert) & Van Geluwe (Huguette), Art from Africa in Belgian Collections, Tervuren: Royal Museum for Central Africa, 1963, p. 78, no. 434 (not illustrated) African Art / Afrikaanse Kunst, Museum of Ixelles, 1967, no. 7 Meauzé (Pierre), L'Art Nègre, Amsterdam/Paris: Meulenhoff/Librairie Hachette, 1967, p. 167