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Cimier janus Bangwa

Lot 74
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Lot 74 | Cimier janus Bangwa
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€ 200 000 – 300 000
Cimier janus Bangwa

Cameroun

Hauteur : 41.5 cm. (16 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Dominique de Ménil (1908-1997), Houston

Transmis par descendance

Collection Francesco Pellizzi (1940-2023), New York

Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Bruxelles, en 1982

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en février 1983 (inv. n° 1018-65)



Literature

Guimiot, P., Arts anciens d’Afrique, Bruxelles, 1982, plat recto

Lehuard, R., « Publicité Philippe Guimiot », in Arts d'Afrique Noire, Arnouville, hiver 1982, n° 44, plat recto

Hierro, J., Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. Regards sur les collections et sur les activités du musée Barbier-Mueller 1977-1987/Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Collections and Activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Genève, 1987, pp. 98 et 99, n° 11

Schmalenbach, W. et al., Arts de l’Afrique noire dans la collection Barbier-Mueller/Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, Munich, 1988, p. 184, n° 112

Kerchache, J., Paudrat, J.-L. et Stephan, L., L’art africain/Art of Africa, Paris, 1988, p. 555, n° 966

Meyer, L., Afrique noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux/Black Africa. Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry, Paris, 1991, pp. 96- et 97, n° 80

Perrois, L. et al., Arts royaux du Cameroun, Genève, 1994, pp. 36 et 50, n° 30 et 7

Newton, D. et Waterfield, H., Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller/Tribal Sculpture. Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1995, p. 134

Hahner-Herzog, I. et al., L’autre visage. Masques africains de la collection Barbier-Mueller/African Masks. The Barbier-Mueller Collection/Das zweite Gesicht. Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Munich, 1997, p. 267, pl. 64, n° 176

Abramovic, N. et Hahner-Herzog, I., Afrika. Afrikanische Skulptur aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Ulm, 2000, plat recto et p. 69, n° 32

Boyer, A.-M., Butor, M. et Morin, F., L’homme et ses masques. Chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2005, pp. 286-287 et 361, n° 108

Hahner-Herzog, I. et Stepan, P., Spirits Speak. A Celebration of African Mask, Munich, 2005, p. 172, pl. 77, n° 77

Alleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 178-179 et 388

Denner, A. et Wick, O., Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, Bâle, 2009, vol. III, n° 26

Lintig, B. von, « Les puissances de la nuit. Les masques des Bangwa occidentaux/Powers of the Night. Night Masks of the Western Bangwa », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2016, n° 17, p. 77, n° 2a et 2b

Petridis, C. et al., The Language of Beauty in African Art, New Haven, 2022, pp. 262 et 329, n° 233



Exhibited

Bruxelles, Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Arts anciens d’Afrique, 3 - 5 décembre 1982

Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, 27 février - 10 avril 1988 ; Francfort-sur-le-Main, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 4 juin - 14 août 1988 ; Munich, Haus der Kunst, 17 décembre 1988 - 19 février 1989 ; Genève, Musée Rath, 15 mars - 15 mai 1989 ; Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern, 16 novembre 1990 - 24 février 1991

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Arts royaux du Cameroun, 14 avril - 30 août 1994

Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, 25 janvier - 25 mai 2009



Further details

Bangwa janus headdress, Cameroon
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Cameroon, Africa
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