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