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 205 : Standing female ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulango
Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium · American Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 206 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Ngere
Not available anymore
Lot 207 : Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Sold EUR 700
Lot 208 : Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Guy Montbarbon, Paris, France · Austrian Private Collection, Vienna
Not available anymore
Lot 209 : Mask "kpelié"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 210 : Dance crest "goga"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Michel Gosse, Caen/Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 211 : Headdress
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Ursula Voorhuis, Berg en Dal, The Netherlands (1982) · Instituut voor Culturele en Sociale Antropologie Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Inventory No. 1628
Not available anymore
Lot 212 : Headdress "dagu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 213 : Headdress "dagu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Dutch Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 214 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 215 : Figural carved staff "tefalapica"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 216 : Figur in Colon style
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Michel Koenig, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 217 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Sold EUR 280
Lot 218 : Kneeling female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Turka
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · Nagel, Stuttgart, 11. Mai 1999, lot 449
Sold EUR 400
Lot 219 : Standing figure
Ghana, Abron
Sold EUR 850
Lot 220 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Abron
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Not available anymore
Lot 221 : Seated female figure "eli mansa"
Ghana, Akan
Claude Vérité, Paris, France
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 222 : Terracotta memorial figure
Ghana, Akan / Agni
Adrienne Hauben (acquired in the 1970’s) · Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ?
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 223 : Goldweight: Leopard with prey
Ghana, Akan
Maurice Bonnefoy, Paris, France
Sold EUR 300
Lot 224 : Goldweight: Leopard
Ghana, Akan
Not available anymore
Lot 225 : Goldweight: Beetle
Ghana, Akan
Not available anymore
Lot 226 : Goldweight: Stool "asipim"
Ghana, Akan
Sold EUR 500
Lot 227 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Sold EUR 400
Lot 228 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Sold EUR 500
Lot 229 : Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashanti
Emil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland
Sold EUR 1,300
Lot 230 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Ashanti
French Private Collection, Paris
Not available anymore
Lot 231 : Female couple
Ghana, Ashanti
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 13 Décembre 1999, Lot 151
Not available anymore
Lot 232 : Figural superstructure of a speakers staff: policeman and prisoner
Ghana, Ashanti
Private Collection, England · Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain
Sold EUR 400
Lot 233 : Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
collected in situ (1978)
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 234 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
collected in situ (1962) · French Private Collection, Paris
Not available anymore
Lot 235 : Comb
Ghana, Ashanti
collected in situ (1962) · French Private Collection, Paris
Sold EUR 300
Lot 236 : Power figure
Ghana, Ewe
collected in situ (1982)
Not available anymore
Lot 237 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Fante
collected in situ, in the coastal town Elmina
Not available anymore
Lot 238 : Shrine figure
Ghana, Fante
Gallery d’Hautbarr, New York, USA (1968)
Price
EUR 2,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 239 : Comb
Ghana, Fante
collected in situ (1962) · French Private Collection, Paris
Not available anymore
Lot 240 : Comb
Ghana, Fante
collected in situ (1962) · French Private Collection, Paris
Sold EUR 300
Lot 241 : Power figure
Togo, Ewe
Sold EUR 400
Lot 242 : Male ancestor figure "bavong tchitchiri"
Togo, Moba
Sold EUR 800
Lot 243 : Standing female figure "bochio"
Benin, Fon
Not available anymore
Lot 244 : Skull bundle fetish
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 245 : Bird fetish
Benin, Fon
Not available anymore
Lot 246 : Skull power object
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 500
Lot 247 : Axe
Benin, Fon
Maurice de Vlaminck, Paris, France · Merton Simpson, New York, USA · Frederick and Claire Mebel, New York, USA
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 248 : Ceremonial staff "ricade"
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 249 : Ceremonial staff "rekade"
Benin, Fon
collected in Abomey (1983) · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 650
Lot 250 : Processional group: Chief accompanied by his entourage
Benin, Fon
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 251 : Staff "asan errie"
Nigeria, Benin
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 252 : Ornamental plaque
Nigeria, Benin
Joachim Schlotterbeck, Würzburg, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26. November 2005, lot 185 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 650
Lot 253 : Face bell "omo" of the "ogboni" society
Nigeria, Benin
Sold EUR 150
Lot 254 : Mask of the "ekpo" society
Nigeria, Bini
Denver Art Museum, USA, (since early 1970’s) · Michael Cichon, Bradenton, USA
Sold EUR 1,000