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 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