April 15, 2023

Sale 100

Anniversary Auction SALE 100
100 masterful works of unbridled creativity, artistic sophistication and with first-class provenances.

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Sale 100

Lot 54 : Face mask with articulated lower jaw "elu" ("spirit")
Nigeria, Ogoni
Not available anymore
Lot 55 : Pair of columnar statues "kundul"
Nigeria, Bauchi Plateau, Wurkun (Piya or Kulung)
Martial Bronsin, Brussels, Belgium (1997) · Guy van Rijn, Antwerp, Belgium · Louis Breugelmans, Antwerp, Belgium · Ann de Pauw, Antwerp, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 56 : Anthropomorphic headdress "okooro"
Nigeria, Southern Yoruba, Ijebu
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 57 : Shrine image "ogo eshu" / "elegba"
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Igbuke (Ibuje)
Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Davos, Switzerland / Paris, France · Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland · Sotheby’s, Paris, “Collection Paolo Morigi (2e Partie). Art Africain et Océanien”, 6 December 2005, Lot 83 · Native, Brussels, 9 June 2012, Lot 27
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 58 : Excellent female twin figure "ere ibeji
Nigeria, Yoruba, Ibarapa, Igbo Ora
Lore Kegel (1901-1980) & Georg Kegel (1898-1974), Hamburg, Germany (coll. in situ 1955) · Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
Sold EUR 8,000
Lot 59 : Magnificent helmet-shaped bird mask (rooster)
Cameroon, Western Grassfields, Wum
Acquired from dealer in Foumban-Cameroon (1976) · Rolf & Christina Miehler, Munich, Germany · Stefan Herzog, Munich, Germany · Hans Brockmann, Munich, Germany
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 60 : Seated female sculpture
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 61 : Male leader mask "kam" ("akam", "nkam", "nkang")
Cameroon Grassfields, Kom
probably Vittorio Mangio, Monza, Italy · Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981),Davos, Switzerland / Paris, France · Paolo Morigi (1939-2017), Magliaso-Lugano, Switzerland · Bernard Dulon, Paris, France · Adrian Schlag, Brüssel, Belgium
Sold EUR 6,500
Lot 62 : or "mbulu-ngulu"
Gabon, Kota, Ndassa Group
Georg Kegel, Hamburg, Germany (acquired 1936 in Paris) · Lore Kegel, Hamburg, Germany · Boris Kegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germany · Kegel-Konietzko & Dorn, Hamburg, Germany
Not available anymore
Lot 63 : Rare horned mask "zuom" of the "beete" cult, early 20th century
Gabon, Kwele
Daniel Hourdé, Paris, France · Marceau Rivière, Paris, France · Jean-Pierre Gozet (deceased 2016), Uccle / Brussels, Belgium · Belgian Private Collection
Not available anymore
Lot 64 : Standing anthropomorphic figure
D. R. Congo, Ubangi, Azande / Ngbandi border area
Belgian Collection
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 65 : Plaited shield
D. R. Congo, Azande
Old Belgian Collection · Michel van den Dries, Gavere, Belgium
Sold EUR 3,500
Lot 66 : Figure of a colonial lord
D. R. Congo, Bakongo
American Collection (before 1924)
Sold EUR 2,500
Lot 67 : Female helmet mask "tshimoana" ("tshimwana")
D. R. Congo, Biombo
Old German Collection · Galerie Möllenhof & Greve, Cologne, Germany · German Private Collection · Austria Auction Company, “Tribal Art 1”, Vienna, 6 June 2017, Lot 64
Not available anymore
Lot 68 : Power half figure "kakudji"
D. R. Congo, Hemba / Eastern Luba, Muhona - Nkuvu Style
Hermann Historica, Munich, 9./10. April 2008, Lot 4239
Sold EUR 800
Lot 69 : Anthropomorphic dance mask, mid 20th century
D. R. Congo, Ituri, Ndaaka
José Ramón Pons Oliveras (1927-2013), Barcelona, Spain · Fernando Pujol, Barcelona, Spain
Not available anymore
Lot 70 : Pair of figures
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Kuba - Dengese
Belgian Private Collection
Sold EUR 1,400
Lot 71 : Prestige cloth, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kuba, Kasai Province
“White Fathers” (“Pères Blancs”), actually “Society of the Missionaries of Africa” · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 900
Lot 72 : Prestige cloth, 19th century
D. R. Congo, Kuba, Kasai Province
“White Fathers” (“Pères Blancs”), actually “Society of the Missionaries of Africa” · Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 900
Lot 73 : Head sculpture of the "dyo" - snake cult
D. R. Congo, Kuyu
Lorenz Eckert, Lucerne, Switzerland (1971) · Christie’s, Amsterdam, 11 December 2001, lot 435 · Christine Valluet, Paris, France · Gérard Wahl-Boyer (1944-2014), Paris, France · AuctionArt - Rémy Le Fur & Associés, Paris-Drouot, “Succession Gérard Wahl dit Boyer”, 18 June 2019, Lot 121
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 74 : Gourd mask of the "bwami" society, 19th / 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
John Giltsoff Collection, Girona, Spain (since early 1970s)
Sold EUR 1,500
Lot 75 : Anthropomorphic mask "lukwakongo"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Yannick van Ruysevelt, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 3,000
Lot 76 : Bone maskette "lukungu", early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
Jos Humblet, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,700
Lot 77 : Anthropomorphic figure "iginga" (pl. "maginga"), early 20th century
D. R. Congo, Lega
Private Collection, Paris, France
Not available anymore
Lot 78 : Anthropomorphic figure of "bwami society"
D. R. Congo, Lega
Gaetan Schoonbroodt, Verviers, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 79 : Royal caryatid stool "lupona", before 1909
D. R. Congo, Luba
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909 · By descent in the family, seller 2008 · Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
Sold EUR 15,000
Lot 80 : Figural headrest "musamo"
D. R. Congo, Luba, Shankadi-Bena Sungu, Kiloko of Bussangu
UK Collection
Sold EUR 2,100
Lot 81 : Rare emblem "nyuzya" of the "bukasandji" society
D. R. Congo, Luba
presumably Leo Frobenius (1873-1938), Berlin, Germany · Julius Konietzko (1886-1952), Hamburg, Germany · Lore Kegel, Hamburg (1901-1980), Germany · Boris Kegel-Konietzko (1925-2020), Hamburg, Germany · Thomas Morbe, Frankfurt am Main, Germany · Private Collection, Munich, Germany
Price
EUR 8,000

plus 27 % commission, VAT, transport and insurance
Lot 82 : Rare anthropomorphic face mask
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
Patric Claes, Brussels, Belgium
Sold EUR 4,000
Lot 83 : Ceremonial adze
D. R. Congo, Mbala
Old Belgian Colonial Collection
Sold EUR 2,000
Lot 84 : Mask panel
D. R. Congo, Songye
B. H. Collection, Antwerp, Belgium · Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 10 September 2005, Lot 360
Not available anymore
Lot 85 : Female maskette "kifwebe" (pl. "bifwebe)
D. R. Congo, Songye / Luba
Muller-Van Isterbeek, Brussels, Belgium · Aaron Furman, New York, USA / Portugal (around 1959) · Allan Stone, New York, USA
Sold EUR 22,000
Lot 86 : Unusual caryatid stool, before 1909
D. R. Congo, Songye / Luba
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909 · By descent in the family, seller 2008 · Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
Sold EUR 4,500
Lot 87 : Knife with janus faced "kifwebe" - mask
D. R. Congo, Songye, Kalebwe
Peter Loontjens, Kortrijk, Belgium
Sold EUR 1,000
Lot 88 : Maternité "phemba"
D. R. Congo, Vili
Donald Taitt (1930-2018), Paris, France (1989) · Cole Harrell, New York City, USA · Fernandez Leventhal Gallery / Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USA
Sold EUR 9,500
Lot 89 : Kneeling female figure "nkisi" / "nkishi" (pl. mankishi)
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Edmond Morlet, Brussels, Belgium · Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany · Lempertz, Brussels, 24. October 2018, Lot 271
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 90 : Anthropomorphic mask
D. R. Congo / Angola (Northern), Zombo
Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 91 : Female ancestor spirit mask "pwevo" or "mwana pwevo"
Angola, Chokwe
Pierre Loos, Brussels, Belgium · Kevin Conru, London, Great Britain
Sold EUR 7,500
Lot 92 : Figural staff top "mbweci", 19th century
Angola / Zambia, Chokwe / Lwena (Luena)
Reed Everson, California, USA · Philip Budrose (1920-2000), Marblehead, USA · Renaud Riley, Brussels, Belgium · Private Collection, London, Great Britain · James Stephenson, New York, USA
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 93 : Traditional war shield "tafa" or "gasha", before 1853
Ethiopia, Amhara / Sidamo / Oromo
Konstantin Reitz (1817-1853), Bobenhausen, Germany / Doka, Sudan (coll. in situ, before 1853) · K.K. Naturhistorisches Hofmuseum Vienna, Austria · Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria
Sold EUR 2,800
Lot 94 : Rare semicircular panel, early 20th century
Kenya, Kikuyu
Acquired on the Portobello Road in London in the 1980s · Taylor Dale, Santa Fé, New Mexico
Not available anymore
Lot 95 : Wall panel or screen "insika"
Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi / Hutu
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium
Not available anymore
Lot 96 : Vessel lid "imiteri
Tanzania, Haya or Ruanda / Burundi, Tutsi
“White Fathers” (“Pères Blancs”), actually “Society of the Missionaries of Africa”, around 1920 (according to Meijer) · Dick Meijer, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sold EUR 6,000
Lot 97 : Anthropomorphic face mask "sachihongo" (or "samahongo")
Zambia, Mbunda
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium · Jens Jahn, Munich, Germany · Thomas Olbricht, Essen, Germany
Sold EUR 8,200
Lot 98 : Artfully crafted stool
Zambia, Lozi (Rotse) / Luvale (Lwena) / Lunda
Sold EUR 1,200
Lot 99 : Prestige vessel
Mozambique, Tsonga, Muhlati (or his workshop)
American Private Collection
Sold EUR 7,000
Lot 100 : Lidded vessel
South Africa, Northern Nguni, Zulu or Swazi
Old UK Collection
Sold EUR 4,000