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Man with a Bicycle
Man with a Bicycle

Man with a Bicycle

Datemid-20th century
CultureYoruba
Geographic OriginKano, Nigeria
DimensionsOverall (figure): H 36 x W 12 x D 10 in. (H 91.4 x W 30.5 x D 25.4 cm)
Overall (bicycle): H 17 x W 28 x D 6 in. (H 43.2 x W 71.1 x D 15.2 cm)
Credit LinePurchase 1977 Wallace M. Scudder Bequest Fund and The Members' Fund
Object number77.285A,B
On View
On view
Object NameSculpture
Title Details
Primary Title Man with a Bicycle
ProvenanceGalerie Berman Limited, New York, New York, after 1954 - 1977; Newark Museum, purchase, 1977Exhibition History"Perspectives: Angles on African Art," organized by The Center for African Art, New York, New York and shown at The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia (1987); The Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama (1987).
"Arts of Africa," permanent galleries, Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (installed 2008).

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