Accession # | 27.740 |
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Artist | Waldemar Rannus |
Title | Le Negre |
Date | before 1927 |
Medium | African Blackwood |
Dimensions | 15 3/8 × 13 1/4 × 13 3/8 in., 56 lb. (39.1 × 33.7 × 34 cm, 25.4kg) |
Signed | Unsigned |
Credit Line | Museum Collection Fund |
Location | Visible Storage: Case 4, Shelf H (Sculpture) |
Description | Section of tree trunk with front half scooped out around an emerging carved head of a black man, head turned slightly to proper right; roughly gouged surface around head on interior, exterior surface smooth. Condition: Good; few chips in wood around bottom edge and scratches on back. |