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
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 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
Lot 304 : Mask
Ghana, Sisala
sold EUR 1,000