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).
Highlights
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"
Lot 244: Stool
Lot 252: Drum "mbè"
Lot 260: Standing female figure
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 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 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"
Lot 404 : Guardian half-figure of a reliquary ensemble "byeri"
Gabon, FangChristian Duponcheel, Pietrebais, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 405 : Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu" or "mwete"
Gabon, KotaAlain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium Alain de Monbrison, Paris, Francesold EUR 10,000Lot 406 : Mask "okuyi"
Gabon, PunuBelgian Private Collection, Brusselsnot available anymoreLot 407 : Post "movenga"
Gabon, Tsoghonot available anymoreLot 408 : Seated figure
D. R. Congo, Dengese (?)Christian Duponcheel, Brussels/New Yorknot available anymoreLot 409 : Standing female figure
D. R. CongoEnglish Collectionnot available anymoreLot 410 : Wickerwork basket, container and mat, two powder boxes, one figure
D. R. CongoReinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1968)sold EUR 300Lot 411 : Shield
D. R. Congo, Azandecollected 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 2,600Lot 412 : Stone figure "ntadi"
D. R. Congo, BakongoReinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1968)sold EUR 3,000Lot 413 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, BakongoStephen Mangin, Paris, Francesold EUR 500Lot 414 : Mask
D. R. Congo, BakongoPortuguese Collectionnot available anymoreLot 415 : Small seated figure
D. R. Congo, Bembesold EUR 16,000Lot 416 : Anthropo-zoomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Bembenot available anymoreLot 417 : Spoon
D. R. Congo, Boasold EUR 600Lot 418 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, BwakaDidier Claes, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 5,500Lot 419 : Mask
D. R. Congo, BwakaLucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belguim Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 4,500Lot 420 : Mask "mwana pwo"
D. R. Congo, ChokwePierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,700Lot 421 : Standing female figure
D. R. Congo, ChokweManuel Jordan, Stanford, USAsold EUR 550Lot 422 : Standing colon figure
D. R. Congo, Chokwesold EUR 450Lot 423 : Comb
D. R. Congo, ChokwePortuguese Colonial Collectionsold EUR 600Lot 424 : Post figure
D. R. Congo, HembaReinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1968)sold EUR 700Lot 425 : Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
D. R. Congo, HembaLiebthaler, New York, USAnot available anymoreLot 426 : Apes mask "soko mutu"
D. R. Congo, HembaAmerican Collection, New Yorknot available anymoreLot 427 : Helmet mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, HoloFred Jahn, Munich, Germanynot available anymoreLot 428 : Helmet mask "matemu"
D. R. Congo, HoloGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 1,500Lot 429 : Kneeling figure
D. R. Congo, HoloDetlef Voss, Essen, Germanysold EUR 500Lot 430 : Standing figure "mwunzi"
D. R. Congo, HoloAmérico Cardoso Botelho, Lisbon, Portugal Fernando Moncada, Lisbon, Portugalsold EUR 1,800Lot 431 : Mask
D. R. Congo, Iturisold EUR 1,000Lot 432 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, JongaJean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgiumnot available anymoreLot 433 : Mask "pwoom itok"
D. R. Congo, KubaBoris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany (1959)not available anymoreLot 434 : Helmet mask "bwoom"
D. R. Congo, KubaChristian Duponcheel, Brussels, Belgium Lodewiijk Groenhuizen, Utrecht, The Netherlands (around 1970/71) Dutch Private Collection, The Hague (since 1978)sold EUR 2,600Lot 435 : Mask with horns
D. R. Congo, KubaPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Galerie Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 2,500Lot 436 : Half figure
D. R. Congo, KubaRobert Duperrier, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 437 : Drum "bulup"
D. R. Congo, KubaReinhold Werr, Würzburg, Germany (collected in situ, 1968)not available anymoreLot 438 : Friction oracle "itombwa"
D. R. Congo, KubaJean Paul Dubois, Paris, Francenot available anymoreLot 439 : Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
D. R. Congo, KubaConcord Gallery, 1974 Sotheby's New York, 22 June 2007, lot 101not available anymoreLot 440 : Dance club "ebongo"
D. R. Congo, KuyuPatrice Brémond, Nice, Francesold EUR 1,700Lot 441 : Ritual implement
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymoreLot 442 : Necklace "mubanga"
D. R. Congo, LegaFranke, Stuttgart, Germanynot available anymoreLot 443 : Standing figure
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymoreLot 444 : Small standing figure
D. R. Congo, Legasold EUR 200Lot 445 : Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, LegaVera und Wolfgang Nerlich, Munich, Germanysold EUR 250Lot 446 : Mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, Lwalwasold EUR 1,200Lot 447 : Mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, Lubasold EUR 1,200Lot 448 : Small female half figure
D. R. Congo, LubaHelmut von Hacht, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 800Lot 449 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, LubaRobert Duperrier, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,400Lot 450 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Lubanot available anymoreLot 451 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, LubaPierre Vérité, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,500Lot 452 : Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, LubaEdouard 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, Belgiumsold EUR 12,000Lot 453 : Drum "ditumba dya ndanya"
D. R. Congo, LubaEdouard d'Orjo de Marchovelette, Brussels, Belgium Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 5,000