Maternité · Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé · ID: 3039905
Bonnet-Martin-Roudillion, Hotel des ventes d’Angers, Art Nègre, 13 October 1965, lot 131 (erroneously 132 under photo)
Stolper Galleries, Munich, Germany (1972)
Eckhard Bredel, Darmstadt, Germany
Description
wood, greyish brown patina, shiny, matt or incrusted, with regal pose and proudly raised head sitting on a stool, hairdo and tribal marks especially elaborate and fine worked, face with pleasing although slightly asymmetrical features, breasts and the act of suckling especially accentuated, free carved arms and diagonal arrangement of the child interrupting the strictly static effect of the figure, drilled hole (for insertion of magical material), old collection number handwritten on the backside: “102.38”, minor missing parts (breast tip), small traces of insect caused damage (left foot, head), old rep. (breakage: shoulder area/wrist to the right), base;
rich decor with scarification marks implies that surely a woman of high social rank is depicted, a further hint is the fact that her feet do not rest on the ground, but on a separate pedestal. Figures like the present should encourage fertility and successful births. Baule classification for sculptures such as this is “waka sran”, literally “person of wood”.This sculpture would be appreciated for its aesthetic qualities, with phrases such as “o e fe” (“it is pleasing”).
L’objet Maternité avec l’ID d’objet 3039905 a fait partie de la vente aux enchères 82nd Tribal Art Auction dans 27 février 2016. L’objet portant le numéro de lot 309 a atteint un prix de vente de 12 000 € pour un prix d’adjudication de 6 000 €.
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Publications
Stolper, Robert, Stolper Galleries, Amsterdam, Munich 1967, p. 11; Wilhelm, Raymonde, Le Guidargus de l'Art Primitif, Paris 1985, p. 93