88th Tribal Art Auction
Non-European art from international private collections: Classic tribal art from the Berlin Collection Gerda Bassenge (1915-1995). Native American Art from the private collection Christian Pysik, Aachen. Fine old tribal art from Africa, Asia, Oceania and North America.
Highlights
Côte d'Ivoire, DanLuc Berthier, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Lot 205Anthropo-/zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymore
Lot 207Miniature mask "ma go"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1968)sold EUR 280
Lot 208Mask "kyäsä"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroPierre Robin, Paris, France (1997)sold EUR 550
Lot 210Zoomorphic mask "zamble"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 1,600
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroPierre Robin, Paris, France (1998)sold EUR 800
Lot 212Mask "gu"
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroRené & Maud Garcia, Paris, France Yves Créhalet, Paris, Francesold EUR 2,500
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroLadislas Segy, New York, USAsold EUR 400
Côte d'Ivoire, JiminiManfred Pütz, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 525
Lot 215Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Kransold EUR 500
Lot 216Standing figure
Côte d'Ivoire, KulangoPierre & Claude Vérité, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, NafanaFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 218Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, NgereThomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 219Figurally carved container
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKarl-Heinz Krieg, Neuenkirchen, Germany Heinz Kolerski, Fellbach near Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 30 November 2013, lot 84sold EUR 360
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHelga Redlich, Gelsenkirchen, Germany Lempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, lot 63sold EUR 1,000
Lot 221Small standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Friedrich Spengelin, Hannover/Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 300
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoJonathan Kirkman, London, England Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 February 2007, lot 327 Hans Dietrich Rielau, Hösbach, Germanysold EUR 700
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germanynot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoMaurice Ratton, Paris, Francesold EUR 1,800
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoDiaou Mamadou, Paris, France (1964) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 3,200
Lot 226Top of staff "tefalipitya"
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufonot available anymore
Lot 227Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoSuzanne Fraisse, Papua New Guinea/France (collected before 1960) Bruno Frey, Arnay le Duc, Francesold EUR 950
Lot 228Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKelifa Keita, Paris, France (early 1960s) Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 229Mask "kpélié"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoPierre Vérité, Paris, France (1941) Lore & Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 4,500
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoCarl Otto Hultén, Malmö, Swedennot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, Wobé/ Ngerenot available anymore
Lot 232Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - WobéRalph C. Altman (1908-1967), Los Angeles, USAnot available anymore
Lot 233Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, WéFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, Wé - Guéré / WobéAllan Stone (1932-2006), New York, USAsold EUR 1,600
Ghana, AkanEric Robertson, New York, USAsold EUR 1,700
Lot 237Memorial head
Ghana, Akan-Twi, AdanseFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 238Geometrical gold weight
Ghana, AkanLadislas Segy, New York, USAnot available anymore
Lot 239Four goldweights: Birds
Ghana, Akannot available anymore
Lot 240Seven goldweights
Ghana, Akansold EUR 370
Lot 241Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, Ashantisold EUR 400
Lot 242Standing colon figure
Ghana, EweArno Henseler, Munich, Germany (1991)not available anymore
Togo, AdaFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 1,200
Lot 245Standing couple
Togo, LossoJo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium Bruce Moore, California Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USAsold EUR 1,800
Lot 246Standing male figure
Togo, TchambaFrench Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 247Large food bowl
Papua New Guinea - SepikGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 530
Lot 248Fertility doll "akua ba"
Ghana, AshantiGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 250
Sierra Leone, MendeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanyPrice EUR 400plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta, Oniyide AdugbologeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, GermanyPrice EUR 450plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 600
Nigeria, Benin KingdomRudolf Mosse (1843-1920), Berlin, Germany Hans Lachmann-Mosse, Berlin, Germany / Oakland, USA Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 29 May 1934, Kat.Nr.178 H. Benninghaus, Oberhausen, Germany Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 3 - 7 May 1966, lot 2248 Gerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germany Family Collection Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 38,000
Lot 253Zoomorphic slit drum
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 850
Lot 254Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerd Rosen, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,200
Lot 255Pipe bowl
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 1,000
Cameroon Grassfields, BamilekeGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 350
Lot 257Standing figure
Cameroon, Tikar/MbumGerda Bassenge, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 650