African Sculpture and its influence on modern art
Mambi Peoplea, NigeriaLate19th Century
Crocodile HeadYoruba Peoples, Kingdom of BeninNigeria17th – 19th c.
Reliquary HeadFang PeopleGabon19th Century
Head of Oba (king)Benin KingdomNigeria16th century
Horse and RiderYoruba, NigeriaLate 19th century
Maternity FigureLuluwa peopleDemocratic Republic of Congomid 19th century
Male figureBamenda peoplesCameroonEarly 20th century
Male figureSongye artistDemocratic Republic of CongoLate 1800s
Mother and Child, Yoruba artistOwo kingdomNigeria
Reliquary GuardianKota artistGabon1700s to 1800s
Seated coupleDogon artistMali1800s
Saated Figure of KingBamileke artistCameroonEarly 20th century
Twin figures, maleSaki artistYoruba, Nigeria19th/20th century
Modernist Sculpture
• Early 20th century (1900-approx. 1930)
Pablo Picasso
Picasso, Head of a Woman
Picasso, Head of a Woman 1919
Picasso, Public Sculpture in Chicago
Picasso, Head of a Woman, Princeton, NJ
Joan Gonzalez
Henri Matisse
Matisse, Tiar, Fleur de Tahitii
Constantin Brancusi
Brancusi, The Kiss
Brancusi, Socrates
Brancusi, Mme, Lavelle
Brancusi, Mme LR