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A female Lobi sculture of Youl Bolaré or his workshop, Bonko village, about 8 km Westwards from Gaoua, heavy, hard Karité wood.

Lit: Daniela Bognolo: Lobi. Visions of Africa, 2007 Milan; Floros & Sigrid Katsouros/Stephan und Petra Herkenhoff: Anonyme Schnitzer der Lobi, Hannover 2006; Piet Meyer: Kunst und Religion der Lobi, Zürich 1981; Galerie Flak: Magie Lobi, Paris 2003; Floros Katsouros: Lobi - Figuren, chefs d'oeuvre und Kultobjekte, Hannover 2013; Kat. Ausst.: Lobi. Westafrikanische Skulpturen aus der Sammlung Greschik, anlässlich der Ausstellung „Die Entdeckung des Individuums“, Lutherstadt Wittenberg 2016, Berlin 2016.



Youl Bolaré in the last years of his life (Photo in gallery);

Youl Bolaré around 1950 (Photo in gallery);

Photo: wj, the tomb of Youl Bolaré in Bonko, 2008 (last picture).

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