November 12, 2022

99th Auction

African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art
An important collection of a german art dealer. Selected works from the private collections of Robert Lewitzki, Heinrich Kolberg, Ursula Heijs-Voorhuis and Horst Hornstadt.

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Highlights

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Lot 1: Standing female figure "sika blawa"
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Lot 3: Standing female figure "blolo bla"
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Lot 7: Standing female figure
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Lot 9: Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
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Lot 10: Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head
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Lot 25: Rare shrine sculpture "ogun"
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Lot 34: Kneeling female figure
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Lot 42: Antelope mask "glo" (Bongo antelope) of the "dye" mask ensemble
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Lot 45: Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
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Lot 53: Reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" (Image of the ancestor)
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Lot 55: Shield-shaped panel "kalengula" with "kifwebe" mask
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Lot 64: Standing anthropomorphic figure, around 1900
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Lot 121: Dance wand "oshe shango", around 1850 / 60
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Lot 219: Anthropomorphic head sculpture "mahen yafe"
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Lot 263: Impressive anthropomorphic face mask
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Lot 292: Male reliquary guardian figure "éyéma-o-byéri" ("Image of the ancestor")
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Lot 293: Reliquary guardian figure "mbulu-ngulu"
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Lot 345: Standing figure with staff

99th Auction

Lot 1 : Standing female figure "sika blawa"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 2 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,200
Lot 3 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1932) · Lore (1901-1980) & Georg Kegel (1898-1974), Hamburg, Germany (Inv. no. B6) · Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 4 : Standing female figure "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 800

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 5 : Standing female figure "asie usu" or "blolo bla"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 800
Lot 6 : Horned mask "kpan pre"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Henk (1920-2001) and Greet Kouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany (1976) · Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 7 : Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Lagoons, Atie (Akye) / Ebrie
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany · Alex Vömel (1897-1985), Düsseldorf, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 5,700
Lot 8 : Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
Ketterer, Munich, 5 November 1977, Lot 39 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 9 : Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan
James T. Hooper (1897-1971), Arundel, Great Britain · Sold by the family in 1976 · Christie’s, London, 14 July 1976, Lot 6 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 10 : Heddle pulley "kono" with anthropomorphic head
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro
presumably Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany, · or Roger Bédiat (1897-1958), Abidjan, Ivory Coast · Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris, France · Christie’s, New York, 22 November 1996, Lot 128 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 11 : Maternité "katyéléô" ("mother of the village / the children of the poro")
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Lean-Louis Picard, Paris, 8 October 1991, Lot 183 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 13 : Standing female figure "bateba phuwe"
Burkina Faso, Lobi, Biniathe Kambire
German Private Collection
Price
EUR 600

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 14 : Chest ornament "akrafokonmu" ("soul washer's disk")
Ghana, Akan
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 700
Lot 15 : Standing female shrine figure / doll
Ghana, Fante
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 16 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Fante
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 17 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 230
Lot 18 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 500
Lot 19 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 600
Lot 20 : Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, Ashanti
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 21 : Divination cup "agere ifa"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Emil Maetzel (1877-1955), Hamburg, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 3 March 2012, Lot 103 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 22 : Female pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Igbomina, Ila Orangun
Sotheby’s London, 26 March 1990, Lot 109 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,900
Lot 23 : Pair of twin figures "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo, Oyo
Ketterer, Munich, 30 April 1988, Lot 434 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 24 : Female twin figure "ere ibeji"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Kwara State, Ilorin / Shaki
German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 25 : Rare shrine sculpture "ogun"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Valentine Faulkner, Reverend of the Church Missionary Society (collected in situ, 1866-1883, when he worked among the Yoruba) · James T. Hooper (1897-1971), Arundel, Great Britain · Sold by the family in 1976 · Christie’s, London, 14 July 1976, Lot 27 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 26 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba
Ketterer, Munich, 20 April 1991, Lot 295 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 27 : Anthropomorphic face mask
Gabon, Vuvi
French Private Collection · Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1997, Lot 315 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 4,700
Lot 28 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Alfred L. Scheinberg, New York, USA · Maurice W. Shapiro (1928-1993), New York, USA · Christie’s, New York, 11 November 1993, Lot 107 · Christie’s, New York, 20 November 1997, Lot 60 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 3,600
Lot 29 : Female face mask "okuyi" or "mukudji"
Gabon, Punu
Christie’s, New York, 22 November 1996, Lot 158 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 30 : Young maiden mask "mwana pwo"
Angola, Chokwe
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany · Alex Vömel (1897-1985), Düsseldorf, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 400
Lot 31 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Bembe (Eastern) - Goma
Lempertz, Brussels, 25 March 1992, Lot 210 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 32 : Squatting figure
D. R. Congo, Kuba
Renée Marteaux (deceased 1988), Brussels, Belgium · Family by inheritance · Sotheby’s, London, 26 March 1990, Lot 151 (attributed to the D. R. Congo, Holo) · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 33 : Janiform magical figure "kabeja"
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba
Galerie Lemaire, Amsterdam, The Netherlands · Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany · German Private Collection (1987)
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 34 : Kneeling female figure
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Christie’s, South Kensington, 22 November 1988, Lot 200 · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 35 : Fragment of a "malagan" panel
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany · Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964), Ascona, Switzerland (1926) · Alfred Flechtheim (1887-1937), Berlin, Germany · Alex Vömel (1897-1985), Düsseldorf, Germany · German Private Collection
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 36 : Large monkey sculpture,1st half 19th century
Indonesia - Borneo, Dayak
Francine Maurer (deceased 2006), Paris, France · Kim Redlich, Düsseldorf, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, 30 March 2006, Lot 25 · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 7,700
Lot 37 : Rare anthropomorphic headdress "klé-dyiba"
Liberia, Grebo
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland · Christie’s, Paris, 12 June 2003, Lot 311 · Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris-Drouot, 10 April 2010, Lot 37 · Bernard Dulon, Paris, France · Stella Loebarth, Paris, France (Bruneaf 2012) · Zemanek-Münster, 86th Tribal Art Auction, Vol. II, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 167 · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 2,100
Lot 38 : Small female figure
Mali, Dogon
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 1,100
Lot 39 : Standing male "bateba" figure with pipe
Burkina Faso, Lobi
Petra und Stephan Herkenhoff, Osnabrück, Germany · Floros Katsouros, Hannover, Germany · Olaf Pfennig, Hannover, Germany · Zemanek-Münster, 86. Tribal Art Auction, Vol. II, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 214 · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 40 : Helmet mask "ndoli jowei"
Sierra Leone, Mende
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 850
Lot 41 : Anthropomorphic face mask "zakpai"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan - Yacouba
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 42 : Antelope mask "glo" (Bongo antelope) of the "dye" mask ensemble
Côte d'Ivoire, Guro, Western Vavoua
Hans Himmelheber, Heidelberg, Germany · Ernst Heinrich, Stuttgart, Germany (1950) · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 5,500
Lot 43 : Seated female figure of the "tyekpa" association
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo
Lorenz Eckert (ca.1920-1960), Basel, Switzerland · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 2,700
Lot 44 : Anthropo-zoomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Wè - Guéré (Ngere)
Zemanek-Münster, 86. Tribal Art Auction, Vol. II, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 257 · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 45 : Anthropo-zoomorphic mask
Nigeria, Ibibio / Eket
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 1,800
Lot 46 : Anthropomorphic figure "jagana"
Nigeria, Mumuye
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 47 : Horned mask "karikpo"
Nigeria, Ogoni
Max Itzikovitz, Paris, France · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 48 : Dance wand "oshe shango"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila Orangun
Manfred Sackmann, Berlin, Germany · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 49 : Power figure "mu' po"
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 750
Lot 50 : Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke
Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Sold EUR 650
Lot 51 : Male mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom (Bekom) or Babanki
Thomas Schulze, Berlin, Germany · Robert Lewitzki, Celle, Germany
Not available anymore