March 9, 2013

72nd tribal art auction

African, oceanic and native american tribal art from european private collections. Rare pieces from the colonial collection Artur Roesler (Clausthal-Zellerfeld). Objects from the Udo Petry Collection (Hohnhorst).

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Highlights

Lot 31: Male figure of an ancestor spirit "blaal"
Lot 32: Suspension hook
Lot 38: Malaganmask "tatanua"
Lot 42: Death mask "kaka-paraga"
Lot 52: Grade sculpture
Lot 205: Pair of ancestor figures
Lot 206: Pair of ancestor figures
Lot 209: Standing male figure
Lot 213: Zoomorphic power figure "boli"
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Lot 243: Maternity
Lot 244: Stool
Lot 252: Drum "mbè"
Lot 260: Standing female figure
Lot 261: A Pair of antelope dance crests "tijwara"
Lot 267: Standing female figure with receptacle
Lot 268: Anthropomorphic mask "satimbe"
Lot 269: Zoomorphic plank mask "nwantantay"
Lot 277: Standig female figure
Lot 283: Door
Lot 284: Face mask of the "mblo" - group
Lot 286: Face mask "kpan"
Lot 288: Standing female ancestor figure"blolo bla"
Lot 289: Spirit spouse figure
Lot 290: Female spirit spouse "blolo bla"
Lot 291: Maternité
Lot 292: Anthropomorphic face mask "tohourou"
Lot 301: Standing female figure
Lot 303: Mask "koma ba"
Lot 338: Sitting female figure with child
Lot 340: Anthropomorphic box
Lot 347: Mask "agbogho mmwo"
Lot 351: Standing male ancestor figure
Lot 352: Standing figure
Lot 395: Standing female figure
Lot 404: Guardian half-figure of a reliquary ensemble "byeri"
Lot 405: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Lot 418: Standing female figure
Lot 452: Dignitary staff
Lot 453: Drum "ditumba dya ndanya"
Lot 457: Post
Lot 458: Mask "tundu"
Lot 459: Standing female figure
Lot 466: Standing male power figure "nkisi"
Lot 467: Caryatid stool
Lot 473: Power half figure
Lot 477: Standing figure
Lot 497: Face mask "vavampwevo"

72nd tribal art auction

Lot 404 : Guardian half-figure of a reliquary ensemble "byeri"
Gabon, Fang
Christian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 405 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, Kota
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
sold EUR 10,000
Lot 406 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, Punu
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels
not available anymore
Lot 407 : Post "movenga"
Gabon, Tsogho
not available anymore
Lot 408 : Seated figure
D. R. Congo, Dengese (?)
Christian Duponcheel, Brussels/New York
not available anymore
Lot 409 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo
English Collection
not available anymore
Lot 410 : Wickerwork basket, container and mat, two powder boxes, one figure
D. R. Congo
Reinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1968)
sold EUR 300
Lot 411 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
collected in situ by Charles Smets, who participated in the American Museum's Congo Expedition of 1909-15. In 1990 an exhibition was developed with hundreds of photographs of objects from this expedition, along with many fine archival photographs taken by Herbert Lang on the expedition. The publication "African Reflections" by Enid Schildkrout and Curtis Keim was published as companion to this exhibition. It traces the art history of northeastern Zaire from before the first encounters with Europeans in the 1870's to the present.
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 412 : Stone figure "ntadi"
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Reinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1968)
sold EUR 3,000
Lot 413 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Stephen Mangin, Paris, France
sold EUR 500
Lot 414 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
Portuguese Collection
not available anymore
Lot 415 : Small seated figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
sold EUR 16,000
Lot 416 : Anthropo-zoomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Bembe
not available anymore
Lot 417 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Boa
sold EUR 600
Lot 418 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 5,500
Lot 419 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Bwaka
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belguim Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 4,500
Lot 420 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 2,700
Lot 421 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Manuel Jordan, Stanford, USA
sold EUR 550
Lot 422 : Standing colon figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
sold EUR 450
Lot 423 : Comb
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
Portuguese Colonial Collection
sold EUR 600
Lot 424 : Post figure
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Reinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1968)
sold EUR 700
Lot 425 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
Liebthaler, New York, USA
not available anymore
Lot 426 : Apes mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, Hemba
American Collection, New York
not available anymore
Lot 427 : Helmet mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 428 : Helmet mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, Holo
German Private Collection
sold EUR 1,500
Lot 429 : Kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, Holo
Detlef Voss, Essen, Germany
sold EUR 500
Lot 430 : Standing figure "mwunzi"
D. R. Congo, Holo
Américo Cardoso Botelho, Lisbon, Portugal Fernando Moncada, Lisbon, Portugal
sold EUR 1,800
Lot 431 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Ituri
sold EUR 1,000
Lot 432 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Jonga
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium
not available anymore
Lot 433 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1959)
not available anymore
Lot 434 : Helmet mask "bwoom"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Christian Duponcheel, Brussels, Belgium Lodewiijk Groenhuizen, Utrecht, The Netherlands (around 1970/71) Dutch Private Collection, The Hague (since 1978)
sold EUR 2,600
Lot 435 : Mask with horns
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Peter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
sold EUR 2,500
Lot 436 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 437 : Drum "bulup"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Reinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1968)
not available anymore
Lot 438 : Friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Jean Paul Dubois, Paris, France
not available anymore
Lot 439 : Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Concord Gallery, 1974 Sotheby's New York, 22 June 2007, lot 101
not available anymore
Lot 440 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Patrice Brémond, Nice, France
sold EUR 1,700
Lot 441 : Ritual implement
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 442 : Necklace "mubanga"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Franke, Stuttgart, Germany
not available anymore
Lot 443 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
not available anymore
Lot 444 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Lega
sold EUR 200
Lot 445 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Vera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germany
sold EUR 250
Lot 446 : Mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwa
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 447 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Luba
sold EUR 1,200
Lot 448 : Small female half figure
D. R. Congo, Luba
Helmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germany
sold EUR 800
Lot 449 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France
sold EUR 1,400
Lot 450 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
not available anymore
Lot 451 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France
sold EUR 3,500
Lot 452 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium (1901 - 1985), territorial administrator, who served from 1925 till 1952 in the Belgian Congo. He collected mainly Luba and Lega objects. Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 12,000
Lot 453 : Drum "ditumba dya ndanya"
D. R. Congo, Luba
Edouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium
sold EUR 5,000