Couple de figures homme-femme · Côte d'Ivoire, Guro · ID: 3049702
Description
wood, paint, rest. (male figure)
These two figures are particularly captivating because of their beautiful faces and elaborate hairstyles. The female figure is adorned with scarification marks and carved with a bracelet that is whitened, probably to suggest ivory. The male figure is unadorned but is accompanied by a quadruped (dog). The posture of the figures is rather static, but their body shapes are well rounded and harmoniously proportioned.
A seated pair of figures by the same artist, from the collection of Joe Hloucha, Prague, was offered in 1930, at the first auction of African and Oceanic art in Germany, at the Internationales Kunst- und Auktionshaus, Berlin (published in Schädler, 1992, p. 90, ill. 59).
L’objet Couple de figures homme-femme avec l’ID d’objet 3049702 a fait partie de la dernière vente aux enchères Vente 100 dans 15 avril 2023 le Zemanek-Münster Hôtel des ventes. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 47 a atteint un prix de vente de 4 000 €.
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Littérature comparée
Schädler, Karl-Ferdinand, Götter - Geister - Ahnen, München 1992, p. 90, ill. 59 Bottiaux, Anne-Marie, Guro, Milan 2016, p. 51 f.