
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
- D. R. Congo, Kuba/Dengesesold EUR 2,000
- D. R. Congo, Kubanot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, Kuba/ WongoJan Elsen, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, Kuba KingdomEmile Jadot (collected in situ, around 1890) Guy Berbé, Brussels, Belgium Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, KumuGerman Collection Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, Germany, 24 November 2007, lot 195sold EUR 1,700
- D. R. Congo, KumuAlex Arthur, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore
- Lot 269
Head "kebe kebe"
D. R. Congo, KuyuJean-Pierre Jernander, Brussels, Belgium Bernard Dulon, Paris, France Sulaiman Diane, New York, USA (1997) Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France (2015)not available anymore - Lot 271
Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, LegaAccording to label on the backside collected in situ in the town of Kalima, Maniema Province, in 1942sold EUR 1,500 - Lot 272
Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymore - Lot 273
Miniature mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Legasold EUR 1,400 - D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymore
- Lot 275
Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo, Leganot available anymore - D. R. Congo, LegaDalton - Somaré, Milan, Italynot available anymore
- Lot 277
Female half figure "iginga"
D. R. Congo, LegaHan Coray, Zurich, Switzerland Sotheby's New Yorksold EUR 1,800 - D. R. Congo, LegaPierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium Michel Boulanger, Liège, Belgium Finch & Co, London, Great Britainnot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, Lengolasold EUR 600
- Lot 280
Fine worked miniature figure
D. R. Congo, Luba, Kiloko of KaminaJoseph Franzen, Heerlen, The Netherlandsnot available anymore - Lot 281
Dignitary staff
D. R. Congo, Lubanot available anymore - D. R. Congo, LubaYannick van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 3,300
- D. R. Congo, Luba/HembaJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Christie's, Amsterdam, 12 May 1998. Lot 79not available anymore
- Lot 284
Ritual object
D. R. Congo, LubaHendrik Elias, Ghent, Belgium Elias was one of the first students to study African art and culture at Ghent University, where he earned a master's degree in 1948 with a thesis on Songe sculpture titled "De Plastiek in Basonge-stijl". Elias' primary professor was Frans Olbrechts, who was also the director of the Musée Royal de l'Afrique Centrale in Tervuren. This gave him an entree into the world of the museum and its early directors, Olbrechts and Albert Maesen. Later he became a dealer in African art, his career lasted for more than thirty years. He was well known to specialists in African art and was a valuable source of important objects.not available anymore - D. R. Congo, Lubanot available anymore
- Lot 286
Amulet "mikisi mihasi"
D. R. Congo, LubaBelgian Private Collectionnot available anymore - Lot 287
Amulet figure
D. R. Congo, Lubasold EUR 300 - Lot 288
Large round mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, LubaRobert Dreyling, Aachen, Germany Günter Beuth, Cologne, Germany Gerhard & Gisela Hoffmann, Würzburg, Germanysold EUR 2,000 - D. R. Congo, LuluaRob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgiumsold EUR 1,600
- Lot 291
Horn ("Oliphant")
D. R. Congo, MangbetuWilly Sand, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 870 - Lot 292
Folding Chair
D. R. Congo, MangbetuAlain Guisson, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore - Lot 293
Woman's skirt, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kwilu-Kwango River Basin, MbunColonial Collection, Antwerp Danny De Waele, Gent, Belgiumsold EUR 2,500 - Lot 294
Figurally carved staff
D. R. Congo, MetokoGeorges-Jean Haefeli, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgiumnot available anymore - D. R. Congo, Nandenot available anymore
- Lot 296
Chieftains knife
D. R. Congo, NgombeA. Eckert, Munich, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 5 July 2008, lot 164 French Private Collectionsold EUR 200 - D. R. Congo, Nsapo-Nsapo/ Songenot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, PendeJohn & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USAnot available anymore
- D. R. Congo, PendeBelgian Colonial Collectionnot available anymore
- Lot 301
Ikhoko with arms
D. R. Congo, Pendenot available anymore - Lot 302
Miniature mask
D. R. Congo, PendeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 850 - Lot 303
Antropomorphic drinking cup
D. R. Congo, PendeHelmut Zake, Heidelberg, Germany Rudolf Sühnel, Heidelberg, Germany Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, lot 610not available anymore - Lot 304
Axe
D. R. Congo, PendeHans Wende, Düsseldorf, Germanysold EUR 600 - D. R. Congo, Pende, Eastcollected in situ, Kinshasa 1978 Georges Stoecklin, Juan les Pins, France Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium Hans Hess, Basel, Switzerlandnot available anymore
- Lot 306
Matt
D. R. Congo, Salampasunot available anymore - D. R. Congo, SongyeJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 500
- D. R. Congo, SongyeHans Hess, Basel, Switzerland (1971) Eduard Hess (1921-2009), Basel/ Oberwil, Switzerland Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 3 March 2012, lot 246not available anymore
- Lot 309
Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeEric Grate, Stockholm, Sweden Jan Lundberg, Malmö, Swedensold EUR 1,400 - Lot 310
Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 600 - Lot 311
Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergsold EUR 250 - D. R. Congo, SongyeJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 300
- D. R. Congo, SongyeHelmut Gernsheim, Castagnola, Switzerlandnot available anymore
- Lot 314
Miniature mask "kifwebe"
D. R. Congo, SongyeGerman Private Collection, Heidelbergnot available anymore - D. R. Congo, Songyesold EUR 400