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FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BEMBÉ

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07.12.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 860505
Lot 21 | FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BEMBÉ
FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BEMBÉ

RÉPUBLIQUE DU CONGO

Hauteur : 58.4 cm. (23 in.)





Provenance

Jean-Louis Forain et Daniel Hourdé, Paris, en 1977

Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013), New York

S. Thomas III Alexander (1942-2021), St. Louis (Missouri)

Collection Alan L. Lieberman, St. Louis (Missouri), acquis auprès de ce dernier le 24 octobre 1979

S. Thomas III Alexander (1942-2021), St. Louis (Missouri)

Collection Robert Rubin (1934-2009), New York, acquis le 11 avril 1986

Sotheby's, New York, The Robert Rubin Collection of African Art, 13 mai 2011, lot 31

Importante collection privée princière



Literature

Lehuard, R., Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 22, Arnouville, été 1977, p. 31

McKesson, J., « La Collection de Robert Rubin » in Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 71, Arnouville, automne 1989, p. 11

Robbins, W. et Nooter, N., African Art in American Collections, Survey 1989, Washington, 1989, p. 376, n° 963

Cole, H., Icons. Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa, Washington, 1989, p. 151, n° 177

Nooter, M., Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, New York, 1993, p. 62, n° 26

Herreman, F., Material Differences. Art and Identity in Africa, New York, 2003, p. 152, n° 120

LaGamma, A., Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the Central African Reliquary, New York, 2007, p. 311, n° 116

Princeton University Art Museum Magazine, hiver 2010



Exhibited

Washington, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African Art, Icons. Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa, 25 octobre 1989 - 3 septembre 1990

New York, Museum for African Art, Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, 13 février - 22 août 1993

Hamilton, Bermuda National Gallery, Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, 3 octobre - 13 décembre 1993

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, 6 février - 27 mars 1994

Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, 1er mai - 24 juillet 1994

Des Moines, Des Moines Art Center, Secrecy. African Art That Conceals and Reveals, 21 janvier - 9 avril 1995

New York, Museum for African Art, Material Differences. Art and Identity in Africa, 10 avril - 6 octobre 2003

Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada, Material Differences. Art and Identity in Africa, 17 septembre 2004 - 2 janvier 2005

Sacramento, Crocker Art Museum, Material Differences. Art and Identity in Africa, 2 avril - 19 juin 2005

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the Central African Reliquary, 1er octobre 2007 - 2 mars 2008

Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, Life Objects. Rites of Passage in African Art, 19 septembre 2009 - 24 janvier 2010



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BEMBE RELIQUARY FIGURE, UPPER BOUENZA BASIN, REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic, Textile, Wood
Place of origin:Africa
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