March 21, 2015

79th Tribal Art Auction

Impacts for the creations of Classical Modernism: Masterful carvings from West and Central Africa. Fine old tribal art from Africa, Oceania, Asia, and America. Objects of the pre-Columbian age.

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Highlights

Lot 39: Hook mask "garra"
Lot 42: Board "malu"
Lot 98: Mask "gunye gä"
Lot 111: Sawfish mask
Lot 118: Antelope dance crest "tijwara"
Lot 119: Antelope dance crest "tjiwara"
Lot 120: Monkey mask "ngon"
Lot 121: Hyaena mask "suruku"
Lot 133: Anthropomorphic mask
Lot 134: Figure of a hermaphrodite
Lot 144: Ceremonial container
Lot 166: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/3
Lot 167: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
1/2
Lot 168: Maternité
Lot 169: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo"- group
1/4
Lot 170: Excellent portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 171: Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Lot 172: Anthropomorphic mask of the "mblo" group
1/2
Lot 192: Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
1/3
Lot 193: Superb mask "djela"
Lot 194: Mask with side lobe
1/3
Lot 209: Mask "kpelié"
Lot 271: Two female shrine figures "alusi"
Lot 294: Dance staff "oshe shango"
1/2
Lot 356: Reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri"
1/2
Lot 357: Rare old dance mask "asu nkukh"
Lot 361: Reliquary figure "mbulu-ngulu" ("spirit of a deceased")
Lot 364: Mask "okuyi"
Lot 368: Trumpet
Lot 398: Dignitary staff
Lot 399: Standing female figure
Lot 407: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 419: Anthropomorphic cup "mbwoong ntey"
1/2
Lot 431: Small standing figure
1/3
Lot 460: Standing female ancestor figure "beli"
Lot 489: Caryatid stool

79th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 154 : Standing figure "bateba ti puo"
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Gallery Flak, Paris, France
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 155 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Ursula & Johannes Kaddatz, Hamburg, Germany · Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 156 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Mossi
French Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 157 : Zoomorphic mask "wan noraogo"
Burkina Faso, Mossi
Michael Wyman, Chicago, USA
Sold EUR 2,300
Lot 158 : Buffalo mask
Burkina Faso, Nunuma
Arno Henseler, Munich, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 159 : Standing female figure
Burkina Faso, Turka
Michel de Mol, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 160 : Zoomorphic mask (hyaena?)
Burkina Faso, Winiama
Sold EUR 450
Lot 161 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Agni (Anyi)/Atié (Akyi) (Lagoon people)
Not available anymore
Lot 162 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium · Michael Rhodes, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 163 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 164 : Standing male figure "blolo bian" oder "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
bought from an ex Peace Corps officer in 1974 · Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA (1975), American diplomate, who served in Africa in the 1960’s and 1970’s
Not available anymore
Lot 165 : Seated female figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 166 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sean Kelly, Los Angeles, USA
Sold EUR 11,000
Lot 167 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Erwin Kalla Collection, USA · Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 168 : Maternité
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 169 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo"- group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Claude Michalak, Paris, France · Apollinaire Ocrisse
Not available anymore
Lot 170 : Excellent portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium · Artcurial, Paris, 11 December 2002, lot 60 bis · Sotheby’s, Paris, 15 June 2004, lot 123
Not available anymore
Lot 171 : Portrait mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 172 : Anthropomorphic mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 15,000
Lot 173 : Face mask "ndoma" of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
French Private Collection
Sold EUR 6,500
Lot 174 : Face mask with horns and anthropomorphic figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
M. L. J. Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Hauswedell und Nolte, Hamburg, 29./30. Oktober 1974, lot 641 · Anton Eckert, Munich, Germany (acquired 1976)
Sold EUR 3,300
Lot 175 : Face mask of the "mblo" group
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 500
Lot 176 : Zoomorphic mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 177 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Adolphe Gottlieb, New York City, USA (1903-74), abstract expressionist painter, sculptor and printmaker · Pace Gallery, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 178 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany (collected in situ, 1970)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 179 : Slingshot
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 180 : Bracelet
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 400
Lot 181 : Necklace of 39 parts
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 250
Lot 182 : Face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Sold EUR 450
Lot 183 : Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hayden & Odette Walling, USA, collected in situ in the 1950’s; · Hayden Walling worked as administrator of the World Health Organization in Kpain, Liberia. He and his wife Odette befriended Dr. George Harley, the prolific field collector and author of the monograph Notes on the Poro in Liberia (1941) who advised them on their collecting.
Not available anymore
Lot 184 : Mask "bugle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Not available anymore
Lot 185 : Mask "bagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 186 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
René Rasmussen, Paris, France (1960’s) · Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 187 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande
Not available anymore
Lot 188 : Face mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
American Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 189 : Bird mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Marc Ginzberg, New York, USA · Christie’s New York, 22 November 1996, lot 140 · Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria · Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 191 : Beak mask "gägon"
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 192 : Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Collected in situ (1979) · Jacques de Vilmorin, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 193 : Superb mask "djela"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Robert Duperrier, Paris, France · Niece of Mr. Duperrier, France · Stacy Collection, Washington D.C., USA (1975), American diplomate, who served in Africa in the 1960’s and 1970’s
Sold EUR 15,000
Lot 194 : Mask with side lobe
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Michel Leiris, Paris, France · Artcurial, Paris, 17 Juin 2014, lot 45 · Yves Créhalet, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 195 : Mask "zauli"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Oechslin, Zurich, Switzerland (acquired in Paris in the 1930’s)
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 196 : Mask with figural superstructure
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Sold EUR 900
Lot 197 : Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Sold EUR 300
Lot 198 : Small male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 199 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,600
Lot 200 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 201 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Kran
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 202 : Figural top of a speakers staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Sold EUR 200
Lot 203 : Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Not available anymore
Lot 204 : Small standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore