86th Tribal Art Auction
Volume I: The collection Walter Schmidt – classic tribal art in post-war Germany (special catalogue). Volume II: Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America. The Berlin collection from the architect and artist Ludwig Leicher (1895-1963). Objects from the Africa collection of the artist Bernhard Jäger.
Highlights
Lot 51Standing female figure
Cameroon Grassfields, Bangwa/BamilekeBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (ca. 1970)sold EUR 7,500
Gabon, MasangoWalter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 4,000
Lot 53Standing male figure
Gabon, TsoghoPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 3,600
Gabon, KotaSamuel Dubiner, Tel Aviv, Israel Aaron Furman, New York, 1970s Christie's London, 18 March 1980, lot 315 Richard Rüegg, Zurich, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 2June 2012, lot 198 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 24,000
Lot 55Janiform figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, HembaEmile Deletaille, Brussels, Belgium (ca. 1972) Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 6,000
D. R. Congo, BembeSotheby's, London, 3 December 1984, lot 174 German Private Collection Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 3,300
D. R. Congo, KubaPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,500
Lot 58Standing male figure
D. R. Congo, LegaPeter Werner, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,200
Lot 59Mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, LegaPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 3,000
Lot 60Old mask "mfondo"
D. R. Congo, LwalwaJo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium Alain Rime, Bouvignies, France Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 11. Juli 2009, lot 406 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 2,500
Lot 61Memory board "lukasa"
D. R. Congo, LubaPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 November 2012, lot 401 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 3,600
Lot 62Standing figure
D. R. Congo, MbalaWiesnet-Henning, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1964)not available anymore
D. R. Congo, LuluaRobert L. Stolper, Munich, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1963)sold EUR 1,500
D. R. Congo, PendeLempertz, Brussels, 26 April 2008, lot 208 Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 1,500
D. R. Congo, SongyeMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerland Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austria (1966)sold EUR 5,500
Tanzania, ZaramoPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Bernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germany Walter Schmidt, Würzburg/Innsbruck, Germany/Austriasold EUR 330
Lot 67Theatre mask
Indonesia - Bali/LombokFritz Lang (1890-1976), Vienna/Beverly Hills, Austria/USA Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, Germany (1932) F. Lang shaped film history, especially in the era of the last silent films and the early sound films, setting new aesthetic and technical standards. His silent films tell utopian and fantastic stories staged in an expressive gloomy atmosphere. The silent film “Metropolis” (1927) and the sound film "M" (1931) are among the milestones of German and international film history.sold EUR 2,500
Indonesia - JavaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 200
Indonesia - JavaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 200
Lot 70Two knives "golok"
Indonesia - JavaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 350
Lot 71Shield "dhal" or "sipar"
India/ PersiaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 350
Lot 72Dagger "katar"
IndiaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 750
Sri LankaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,100
Sino-Tibetan or NepalLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,200
Sino-TibetanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 13,000
ChinaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,500
Lot 77Lucky Buddha "budai"
ChinaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 900
Lot 78Pair of figures
ChinaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 300
Lot 79Amulet necklace
Northern Japan, AinuLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 250
Lot 80"Nô" theatre mask
JapanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 800
JapanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 200
JapanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,500
JapanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 900
Japan and Southeast IndonesiaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 7,000
Lot 85Two sword guards "tsuba"
JapanLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 150
Easter IslandsMuseum Goddefroy, Hamburg, (existed from 1861 to 1885) Carl A. Pöhl, Hamburg, Germany (1883) presumably: Walter Bondy (1880-1940), Berlin, Germany Ludwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 58,000
Lot 87Group of mask replicas
Africa, Japan, Papua New GuineaLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 200
Lot 88Two ceremonial axes
D. R. Congo, SongyeLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 89Two knifes, 19th century
Gabon, Fang/D. R. Congo, Kusu/SongeLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,600
Lot 90Equestrian figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoLudwig Leicher, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 2,800
Philippines - IfugaoGerman Private Collectionsold EUR 500
Lot 92Powerfigure
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakFred ten Houten, Groningen, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
Indonesia - Borneo, DayakAugust Flick, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 1,600
Indonesia - Borneo, Kayan or KenyahThomas Schulze, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,000
Lot 95Buffalo head door
Indonesia - Sulawesi, TorajaGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergnot available anymore
Lot 96Knife of a priest
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakJulius Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 97Amulet
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakPatrick Mestdagh, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 400
Lot 98Ceremonial lime squeezer
Indonesia - Sumatra, BatakFrench Collectionnot available anymore
Indonesia - Sumatra, Toba - Bataksold EUR 900
Lot 100Standing male figure
Indonesia - SumbaFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore