Two figures in colon style · D. R. Congo, Teke · ID: 3047316
Old Colonial Collection, Lille, France (a)
Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium (2009) (a)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (a)
Max Willborg (1933-2001), Stockholm, Sweden (b)
Berndt Helleberg, Stockholm, Sweden (b)
Dirk Uythof, Delft, The Netherlands (1985-2015) (b)
Mamadou Keita, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (b)
Guy van Rijn, Brussels, Belgium (b)
Pierluigi Peroni, Gallarate, Italy (a & b)
Description
metal (bronze, brass),
The facial features and details, such as the hat and moustache of the male figure, as well as the hairstyle and strict stand-up collar of the female figure are clearly based on European models (presumably Portuguese).
Both figures appear to be clearly of one hand and to form a pair, but only found their way back to each other indirectly, as the deviating sequence of provenances shows.
The object Two figures in colon style with the object ID 3047316 was part of the auction 96th Auction on April 24, 2021, lot number 345 at that time and is currently available for EUR 1,800 in Open sale.
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Publications
AHDRC: 0013524 (a) - 0126039 (b)