ID 860505
Lot 21 | FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BEMBÉ
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
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, Wood, Plastic, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Plastic, Textile |
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| Place of origin: | Africa |
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