June 27, 2015

80th Tribal Art Auction

From Alaska to South Africa: A Tribal Art journey around the world, from antique Egypt to the art of the post-colonial era.

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Highlights

Lot 20: Center piece of a gable wall of a ritual house "korombu"
1/2
Lot 44: "Malagan" mask "tatanua"
Lot 81: Squatting figure
Lot 95: Idol
Lot 96: Kneeling female figure
Lot 104: Standing couple "tomb guardians"
Lot 117: Pedestal plate
Lot 218: Standing female figure of the "njayei" society
Lot 221: "Sande" society helmet mask "ndoli jowel"
Lot 248: Mask
Lot 255: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Lot 256: Standing male figure "asie usu"
1/2
Lot 262: Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Lot 263: Helmet mask "bonu amwin"
Lot 275: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 276: Mask "deangle" with female facial features
Lot 277: Spoon
1/5
Lot 284: Mask "kyäsä"
Lot 291: Standing bird figure "porpianong"
Lot 293: Healer's society cap mask "noo"
Lot 389: Harp "ngombi"
1/2
Lot 390: Reliquary guardian figure "eyema bieri" from a reliquary ensemble
Lot 392: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
1/3
Lot 395: Mourning face mask "okuyi"
Lot 397: Mask with horns
Lot 398: Anthropomorphic face mask
Lot 423: Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
1/3
Lot 428: Standing male ancestor figure "singiti"
Lot 439: Standing figure
Lot 441: Head sculpture
1/2
Lot 485: Big power figure "nkisi"
1/2
Lot 518: Rare bird-head dance crest

80th Tribal Art Auction

Lot 253 : Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Not available anymore
Lot 254 : Standing male figure "blolo bian" or "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 255 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 256 : Standing male figure "asie usu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Merton Simpson, New York, USA · William J. (Bill) Moore, Los Angeles, USA · Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 257 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 258 : Female fragmentary figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Sold EUR 900
Lot 259 : Standing ape figure "gbekre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, lot 46 · Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France
Not available anymore
Lot 260 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Inge Hett, Berlin, Germany · Wolfgang Hadermann, Lübeck, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 262 : Mask with horns "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
René Rasmussen, Paris, France · Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Sweden
Not available anymore
Lot 263 : Helmet mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Maud and René Garcia, Paris, France · Pace Gallery, New York, USA (Label “Pace Primitive 53-0130” at the base)
Not available anymore
Lot 264 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
French Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 265 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
American Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 266 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété
Pascal Alcan Legrand, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 267 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Bete/Ngere
Belgian Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 268 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hayden and Odette Walling, Kpain, Liberia, coll. in situ in the 1950’s
Sold EUR 600
Lot 269 : Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hayden and Odette Walling, Kpain, Liberia, coll. in situ in the 1950’s
Sold EUR 600
Lot 270 : Passport mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Sold EUR 250
Lot 271 : Arm ring
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany · Helmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany
Sold EUR 280
Lot 272 : "Poro" society mask
Côte d'Ivoire/Liberia, Dan
Norman Hurst, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA · Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 273 : Mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
French Private Collection, Paris
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 274 : Anthropomorphic face mask "tankagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/Liberia, Mano
Guillaume Apollinaire, Paris, France · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 26. Juni 1999, lot 258 · German Private Collection, Munich
Sold EUR 3,300
Lot 275 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
presumably Han Coray, Zurich, Switzerland (handwritten collection number “HC 148” on the backside of the mask) · Hans Coray, Zurich, Switzerland (son of Han Coray) · Esther Matossi, Zurich, Switzerland · Sotheby’s, London, 27th October 1980, lot 146 · Victor Skipp, Cambridge, England · Cambridge University Museum, England
Sold EUR 8,500
Lot 276 : Mask "deangle" with female facial features
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 25 May 1968, lot 66 · Sam Raeburn, Bethesda/Maryland, USA (1968) · Olivier Castellano, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 277 : Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Loudmer, Paris, 9 Decembre 1989, lot 218 · Daniel Gervis, Paris, France · Eduardo Uhart, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 278 : Figural Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 279 : Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Diomande
Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 280 : Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Ebrié
Alain Dufour, Saint Maur, France · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 281 : Dignitary staff
Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo
Gerbrand Luttik, Soest, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 282 : Dance mask "dhi gla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo
Not available anymore
Lot 283 : Mask "kpandoho"
Côte d'Ivoire, Grebo
Old English Collection · Patrick Morgan, New York, USA · Zack Haddad, Los Angeles, USA · Jean-Paul Agogué, Paris, France
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 284 : Mask "kyäsä"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Price
EUR 5,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 285 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Museum Berg en Dal, The Netherlands
Not available anymore
Lot 286 : Anthropomorphic face mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 287 : Heddle pulley with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
Not available anymore
Lot 288 : Heddle pulley
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Canadian Private Collection · Marc Assayag, Montreal, Canada
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 289 : Kneeling female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Swiss Collection
Sold EUR 600
Lot 290 : Standing pair of figures "tugubele"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Sold EUR 400
Lot 291 : Standing bird figure "porpianong"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Charles Meier, Los Angeles, USA
Not available anymore
Lot 292 : Mask "bangoro go"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo, Region of Kadiala
Gallery Renaud & Olivier Vanuxem, Paris, France · Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sold EUR 5,000
Lot 293 : Healer's society cap mask "noo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Henri Kamer & Alan Brandt, Paris/New York, France/USA (1960’s) · Allan Stone, New York, USA (acquired 1966) · Sotheby’s, New York, 15 November 2013, lot 60
Sold EUR 4,600
Lot 294 : Rare mask "kodal"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Pierre Vérité, Paris, France · Pierre Gavignot, Ile de France, France
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 295 : Zoomorphic mask "korobla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Not available anymore
Lot 296 : Face mask with hinged jaw
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Dan - Kran Complex
Not available anymore
Lot 297 : Anthropomorphic mask with horns
Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure
Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 298 : Standing female figure
Ghana, Abron
Ivanowski, Nancy, France
Not available anymore
Lot 299 : Geometrical goldweight
Ghana, Akan
Sold EUR 850
Lot 300 : Goldweight: Bird trap
Ghana, Akan
Leendert van Lier, Blaricum, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 550
Lot 301 : Stool
Ghana, Ashanti
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 250
Lot 302 : Elephant stool
Ghana, Ashanti
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 550
Lot 303 : Seated female figure
Ghana, Fante
Sold EUR 900