90.I Tribal Art and 90.II Contemporary Native American Art
Session I: Tribal Art (Lots 1 - 341)
17 November 2018 – 2 pm
Tribal Art, Japan, Contemporary Art & Ceramics
Session II: Contemporary Native American Art (Lots 342 - 574)
20 November 2018 – 2 pm
The private collection of the Americanist, Prof. Gerhard and Dr. Gisela Hoffmann
Highlights
Lot 56Artist-Textile, 1988
El Anatsui (*1944), Ghana/ NigeriaChristoph Ludszuweit, Berlin, Germany Ludszuweit war von 1983 bis 1988 als Lektor für deutsche Sprache und Literatur an der University of Nigeria, Nsukku, Anambra State, Nigeria tätig. El Anatsui war zu dieser Zeit als "Senior Lecturer" sein Kollege.sold EUR 6,000
Papua New Guinea - Highlands, S. QuakamoMissionary Collection, Neuendettelsau, Germanynot available anymore
Papua New Guinea, AbelamLoed van Bussel, Amsterdam, The Netherlandssold EUR 1,800
Papua New Guinea, AbelamGerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 750
Westneuguinea / Westpapua (Irian Jaya), AsmatMenikheim, Stuttgart, Germany (coll. in situ, 1976)sold EUR 3,500
Papua New Guinea, Central AsmatHeinz Vogel, Frankfurt, Germanysold EUR 800
Papua New Guinea - Golf, Era River AreaRoger Budin, Geneva, Switzerland Jean-Louis Picard, Drouot-Montaigne, Paris, 8 October 1991, lot 68 Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
Lot 64Mask "mwei"
Papua New Guinea, IatmulWilhelm Fugmann, Neuendettelsau, Germany (collected in situ, 1960)sold EUR 1,000
Papua New Guinea - Maprik/ AbelamGerman Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 66Anthropomorphic mask
Papua New Guinea - Ramu RiverMuseum Collection, USA Fily Keita, Los Angeles, USAsold EUR 1,500
Lot 67Large drum, around 1880
Papua New Guinea - Lake SentaniEdith Hafter, Solothurn, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,000
Lot 68Hand drum "kundu"
Papua New Guinea - SepikMissionary Collection, Neuendettelsau, Germanysold EUR 300
Lot 69Canoe prow ornament
Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, MassimLucas Ratton, Paris, Francenot available anymore
Lot 70War club
Papua New Guinea, Trobriand Islands, Massimsold EUR 550
Papua New Guinea - Yuat River/ IatmulW. Kleinman, Amsterdam, The Netherlandssold EUR 1,500
Lot 73Ceremonial paddle/ club
Solomon Islandssold EUR 450
Lot 74Rare old war shield
Solomon Islands, Western RegionSandor Lubbe, Blaricum, The Netherlandsnot available anymore
Lot 75Two pectorals
Solomon Islands - MalaitaKetterer, Munich, 16 October 1993, lot 742sold EUR 600
Solomon Islands - Santa Cruz Islands, NdendeHans-Peter Krull, Karst, Germanysold EUR 2,500
Vanuatu, Malekula IslandFrench Private Collection, Paris Paul Harrison, Alaska, USA Scott Rodolitz, New York, USA Monika Edelmaier, Berlin, Germanysold EUR 5,000
Fidji Islandsnot available anymore
Lot 79Throwing club "ula kitu"
Fidji Islandsnot available anymore
Hawaiinot available anymore
Hawaiinot available anymore
Lot 82Battle club
Caroline Islands - Truk IslandsJürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanysold EUR 900
Australia, Central QueenslandJürgen Maurer, Heppenheim, Germanysold EUR 360
Brazilnot available anymore
Lot 85Flat face mask
Brazil, Xingu, KalapáloFrench Collectionnot available anymore
Africa-Antiques, EgyptBuchhandlung Görres, Saarbrücken, Germany (1973) Heinz Vogel, Frankfurt, Germanysold EUR 5,000
South Sudan, BongoDavid Henrion, Brussels, Belgium Serge Schoffel, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
Lot 88Bracelet
Sudan, Dinkasold EUR 450
Lot 89Bracelet
Sudan, Dinkasold EUR 1,200
Sierra Leone, KissiAloys Faust, Cologne, Germany, 1962 Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 500
Sierra Leone, MendeEmil Maetzel, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 2,200
Lot 92Ritual object "anok"
Guinea, BagaLadislas Segy, New York, USAsold EUR 2,000
Lot 93Miniature mask
Guinea/ Liberia, Toma/ LomaBelgian Collectionsold EUR 1,300
Guinea-Bissau, BidjogoKetterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, lot 3not available anymore
Lot 95Rare barkcloth mask
Senegal, DiolaCommonwealth Institute, London, Great Britain Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britainnot available anymore
Lot 96Mask "ntomo"
Mali, BamanaMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymore
Lot 97Hyaena mask "suruku"
Mali, Bamana, Koulikoro, Bamako DistrictRené David, Zurich, Switzerland, coll. in situ 1965 Galerie Walu, Basel, Switzerland (1967) Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 750
Mali, BamanaBertil Berg, Gothenburg, Swedennot available anymore
Lot 100Standing female figure
Mali, BamanaBelgian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Mali, BamanaClaude Vérité, Paris, France (1951) Vérité Family Collection, Paris, France Enchères Rive Gauche, Paris, Collection Vérité, 17-18 June 2006, Lot 337 Renaud Vanuxem, Paris, France (2007) Sotheby's, Paris, 14 December 2011, Lot 10 Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 9,000
Mali, Bamana, Sikasso RegionMaurice Ratton, Paris, France, 1969 Heinz Seeliger, Würzburg, Germanynot available anymore
Mali, Bamana, Dioila Regionnot available anymore
Mali, BamanaToni Dähler, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymore
Lot 105Tree ladder
Mali, DogonJohann Levy, Paris, France (1997)sold EUR 1,000
Mali, DogonBernhard Jäger, Frankfurt a. M., Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, lot 133 Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 400
Lot 107Half figure
Mali, DogonGerhard Mennen Williams ("Soapy" 1911-1988) & Nancy, Detroit, USA The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), Detroit USAsold EUR 600
Lot 109Standing figure
Mali, DogonMaria Wyss, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymore