Dogon Standing Female Figure, Maliheight 19 1/2in (50cm)ProvenanceGaston de Havenon, New YorkChristie's, London, 17 June 1980, Lot 249Leon Karchmer Collection, New YorkThence by descentPublishedde Havenon, Gaston, African Art – The de Havenon Collection, Museum of African Art, New York, 1971, fig. 11This enigmatic sculpture is finely carved, exhibiting both elegance and age with soft, rounded edges juxtaposed with ancient encrusted ritual patination; her crested coiffure extends gracefully down behind the neck; her facial features barely recognizable behind the encrustations; a slender torso with arms resting just below the abdomen; columnar legs rest on squared feet at the base with toes delineated with incised vertical lines; light brown patina with indigenous repairs at the feet.