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 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
Lot 255 : Standing figure
Nigeria, Chamba
Joel Greene, San Francisco, USA Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USA Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
not available anymore