Pair of figures · Cameroon, Tikar · ID: 3048286
sold
EUR 300
Size
H: 39,5 cm & 42 cm
H: 15.6 inch & 16.5 inch
Description
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Gebauer (1979) and Fagg (1981) already found these figures to be early commissioned works for Western customers.
The figures are an example of “transitional art”, the attempt to transform traditional art forms into marketable trade goods.
Comparing literature
Zemanek, David, Transitionale Kunst der Tikar aus Kamerun, BoD, Norderstedt 2021