Afrique

Art africain

Qu’il s’agisse de masques, de figurines ou d’objets utilitaires artistiquement façonnés – tels que des cuillères, des boucliers ou des bijoux – l’art traditionnel africain fascine par l’impressionnante diversité de ses formes et la puissance de son expression.

Il a été une source d’inspiration importante pour de nombreux artistes occidentaux pendant des générations et a ainsi considérablement influencé le développement de l’art moderne.

L’un des objectifs centraux de notre travail est d’identifier les créateurs de ces œuvres, souvent anonymes, et, dans la mesure du possible, d’attribuer les objets à des artistes ou à des ateliers précis.

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Côte d'Ivoire, Baoulé: Figure masculine intronisée du "trésor de Saléfoué", avant 1910
Provenance
Trésor des Saléfoué, Côte d’Ivoire (prior to 1910) Joseph Cornet, French Administrative Official Louis Pieter Cornelis (Lode) van Rijn, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Galerie Kephri), 1970’s Walter Kaiser, Stuttgart, Germany Manfred Pütz, Cologne, Germany (1974)
Vendu 38 000 €
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Gabon, Kota, groupe Obamba: Figure reliquaire "mbulu-ngulu" (esprit d'un défunt)
Provenance
Everett Burton Helm, Minneapolis/Berlin, USA/ Germany Helm (1913-1999) was an American composer, musicologist and music critic. He studied at Harvard, and then after having been awarded a travel fellowship, with Gian Francesco Malipiero in Asolo, Italy and Ralph Vaughan Williams in England. In 1948, he was appointed Music Officer for the occupying US army in Germany. From 1950 and into the 1960s, Helm worked as a music critic in Germany. In parallel, he was composing. The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra commissioned and premiered his First Piano Concerto in 1951, the same year as his first opera, Adam and Eve, was performed at the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden.
Vendu 30 000 €
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R. D. Congo, Vili: Maternité "pfemba" ("phemba")
Provenance
Ludwig Bretschneider, Munich, Germany Klaus Hummel, Korb, Germany (1967-80) Hummel (1939-2006) was an antiques dealer. Collecting African Art was his private hobby. Between 1967 and 1980, he bought and bartered a multitude of ancient African masks and figurines predominantly during his trips to Mr. Bretschneider in Munich and to Mr. Krieg in Neuenkirchen.
Vendu 40 000 €
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R. D. Congo, Luba: Tabouret royal à cariatides "lupona", avant 1909
Provenance
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909 By descent in the family, seller 2008 Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
Vendu 15 000 €
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Cameroon Grassfields, Bangwa, Fontem Valley: Rare, old Commemorative Figure of a King "fon", late 19th century
Provenance
German Colonial Collection, collected in situ before 1914. Heinrich Vorwahl, Hamburg / Quakenbrück, Germany (born in 1898, year of death unknown, teacher and editor in religious studies, philosophy and philology as well as in history of medicine (focused on folk medicine) Vorwahl Family Collection, Germany
Vendu 60 000 €
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R. D. Congo, Songe/Luba, région Kabalo: Rare bouclier, avant 1900
Provenance
Portuguese Collection (collected in situ, before 1900) German Private Collection
Vendu 42 000 €