Auction 103
AFRICAN, ASIAN, OCEANIC AND PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
Artworks from the Vienna collection of Erwin Melchardt, art critic, cultural editor, and auction expert. Selected pieces from the collection of Bruno Heimberg, Munich, former restorer of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen and Director of the Doerner Institute. Objects from the collection of Helmut Bruchner, Munich. Pre-Columbian ceramics from the estate of Klaus Kalz, Berlin (Part 2).
Highlights
Burkina Faso, LobiFred Jahn, Munich, Germany Sotheby's London, 29th June 1987, Lot 143sold EUR 2,500
Burkina Faso, LobiPeter Loebarth, Hameln, Germany Daniel Blau, Munich, Germany Rolf Müller, Munich, Germany (1997)sold EUR 13,000
Lot 155Memorial head
Côte d'Ivoire / Ghana, Anyi (Agni) - Sanwi (Krinjabo)Marcel Lheureux, France Marcel Lheureux was a French medical doctor who traveled in the Agni-Sanwi region in the 1920s, where he developed a great interest in the terracottas found there. He collected a large group of Krinjabo heads and also full figures. In 1932, he deposited a record of his conclusions regarding the terracottas at the Musée de l'Homme in Paris. His collection was probably the largest outside of Africa (Guy van Rijn 2008).Price EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 156Memorial figure 'mma'
Côte d'Ivoire / Ghana, Anyi (Agni) - Sanwi (Krinjabo)Hans Wolf (1917-1993), Zurich, Switzerland Ursula Nusser, Munich, 2 November 1994, lot 57Price EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 157Seated male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germanysold EUR 3,000
Côte d'Ivoire, Atié (Akye)French Private Collectionsold EUR 6,000
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrench CollectionPrice EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLempertz, Cologne, 26 April 2003, Lot 78sold EUR 2,000
Lot 161Seated female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleNeumeister, Munich, 8 June 2018, Lot 1002 (here as Ebrie)sold EUR 1,400
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLempertz, Brussels, 10 May 2023, Lot 73sold EUR 1,400
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJean-Paul Delcourt, Abidjan, Ivory Coast Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,500
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleHans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany (1935) Carl Kjersmeier (1889-1961), Kopenhagen, Denmarknot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleAllan Stone, New York, USAsold EUR 2,600
Côte d'Ivoire, DanBelgian Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 167Anthropomorphic face mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-YacoubaArno Henseler, Munich, Germanynot available anymore
Lot 168Anthropomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan-GioMerton Simpson (1928-2013), New York, USA Allan Stone (1932-2006), New York, USAPrice EUR 1,600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 169Zoomorphic mask
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan or Maou (Mau)Allan Stone, New York, USAsold EUR 2,600
Lot 170Mask "gu" with animal horns
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroAmerican Private Collection (coll. ca. 1960-1990) Family-owned since then Collected by an American diplomat and ambassador in the 1960-1990s, when he provided charitable medical aid throughout the African continent.sold EUR 4,200
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany Rudolf Schulz, Hannover, Germanysold EUR 1,500
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoDorothy Brill Robbins Collection, New York, USA American Private Collection, Connecticut Arte Primitivo, New York, 15 October 2021, lot 874 (in a group of two, as Kulango) Dorothy Brill Robbins was the sister of the well-known Africa collector William Brill (1918-2003). She bought her first Africa object from Anuschka Menist in the early 1980s.sold EUR 2,500
Côte d'Ivoire, Bété / Wé-GuéréColl. Iperen, Maastricht, The Netherlands Karl-Heinz Steffen, Essen, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 174Fertility doll "akua 'ba"
Ghana, Akan, AshantiRudolf Schulz, Hannover, Germanysold EUR 600
Lot 175Zoomorphic recade
Benin, FonAlain Dufour, Saint Maur, Francesold EUR 250
Nigeria, AfoWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 2,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 177Prestige comb "oyiya"
Nigeria, Benin City, EdoCanadian Private Collection Montreal (collected in the 1950s/60s)Price EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Nigeria, IgboFred Tymoshenko, Toronto, CanadaPrice EUR 2,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Nigeria, Igbo / IdomaJacques Kerchache, Paris, France Samir Borro, Brussels, Belgium Austrian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 180Shrine figure "ikenga"
Nigeria, IgboJacques Kerchache (1942-2001), Paris, France Anne Kerchache, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, 29 October 2008, Lot 142 (as part of a set of two)sold EUR 1,500
Lot 181Anthropomorphic ritual bowl
Nigeria, Igbo - IzziBruce Frank, New York, USA Eric Robertson, New York, USAPrice EUR 1,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 182Male-female couple
Nigeria, Isoko / UrhoboUK CollectionPrice EUR 3,000plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 183Expressive male figure
Nigeria, Mbembe-TigongFrench Collectionsold EUR 2,200
Nigeria, MumuyeWerner Kißling (1952-2020), Heltersberg, GermanyPrice EUR 1,500plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 185Standing female figure
Nigeria, TivJo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium André Kirbach, Düssedorf, Germanysold EUR 800
Lot 186Anthropomorphic face mask
Nigeria, UrhoboSerge Trullu, France German Private Collection Alfred Weissenegger, Winklarn, Austria Dorotheum, Vienna, 28 June 2023, Lot 30not available anymore
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke Stylesold EUR 400
Nigeria, Yoruba, Awori, Ottasold EUR 950
Nigeria, Yoruba, Egbado / Benin, AnagoGalerie Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 3 November 1981, Lot 121 Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 February 2016, Lot 419sold EUR 600
Lot 190Ritual staff "edan oshugbo"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ijebu, Ijebu-OdeHermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, GermanyPrice EUR 600plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 191Royal beaded crown "ade"
Nigeria, YorubaArno Henseler, Munich, Germanysold EUR 1,300
Lot 192Beautiful beaded cap
Nigeria, Yorubasold EUR 500
Lot 193Ornamental comb "ìyàrí"
Nigeria, YorubaAustrian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 194Artfully crafted handle
Nigeria, Yoruba-OwoFrench Private CollectionPrice EUR 800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Nigeria, YorubaBernd Muhlack, Kiel, Germanysold EUR 700
Nigeria, YorubaFrench Private CollectionPrice EUR 1,800plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 197Standing male figure
Cameroon Grassfields, BamumGérald & Muriel Minkoff, Geneva, Switzerlandsold EUR 2,000
Lot 198Buffalo mask
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom (Bekom)German Private CollectionPrice EUR 1,200plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Cameroon, BasaAndreas Schaller, Postbauer, Germany Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium ("HKB2811")sold EUR 4,000
Lot 200Standing female figure
Cameroon, Kundu / KusuKetterer Munich, 183. Auktion, Teil I, 17 April 1993, Lot 187sold EUR 1,700
Lot 201Fertility doll
Cameroon, NamchiJoseph Christiaens, Brussels, Belgium Brigitte & Wolfgang Bofinger, Stuttgart, Germany Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, Lot 107 Belgian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 202Horn / trumpet ("oliphant")
Gabon, Tsogho / Vuvi / FangFrench Private Collectionsold EUR 800