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FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BYERI FANG

Lot 18
22.06.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 977532
Lot 18 | FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BYERI FANG
Estimate value
€ 450 000 – 550 000
FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE BYERI FANG

GABON

Soclé par Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951)

Hauteur : 44.5 cm. (17 1/2 in.)





Provenance

Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris, acquis avant 1934 (reproduit sous le n° 614 de l’album Paul Guillaume conservé au musée de l’Orangerie)

Pierre Matisse (1900-1989), New York

Bryce Holcombe (1941-1983), Pace Primitive, New York, acquis ca. 1976

Collection Helen (1931-1995) et Mace (1928-2022) Neufeld, Los Angeles, acquis ca. 1979

Sotheby's, New York, 14 novembre 1989, lot 192

Collection privée Sotheby’s, Paris, 23 juin 2006, lot 125

Collection Liliane (1944-2022) et Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, acquis lors de cette vente



Literature

Siroto, L., African Spirit Images and Identities, New York, 1976, p. 63, n° 120

Witte, H. et alii., « African Spirit Images and Identities » in African Arts, Los Angeles, octobre 1976, p. 78

Lehuard, R., « Les expositions. African Spirit Images and Identities » in Arts d'Afrique Noire, Arnouville, 1976, n° 19, p. 43, n° 8

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon. Les arts plastiques du bassin de l'Ogooué, Arnouville, 1979, p. 87, n° 78

Breunig, R., Animal, Bird and Myth in African Art, Phoenix, 1985, n° 63

de Grunne, B., « La statuaire Fang. Une forme d'art classique ? » in Tribal Arts, Paris, juin 1994, n° 2, p. 52, n° 13

Martínez-Jacquet, E., « Fragments du Vivant. Sculptures africaines dans la collection Liliane et Michel Durand-Dessert » in Tribal Art, Bruxelles, été 2008, n° 21, p. 131, n° 6

Paudrat, J.-L. et alii., Fragments du Vivant. Sculptures africaines dans la collection Durand-Dessert, Paris, 2008, n° 63, 65, 66, 90, 95, 96, 173 et 176



Exhibited

New York, Pace Gallery, African Spirit Images and Identities, 24 avril - 29 mai 1976

Heard Museum, Phoenix, Animal, Bird and Myth in African Art, 12 avril - 13 octobre 1985

Paris, Monnaie de Paris, Fragments du Vivant. Sculptures africaines dans la collection Durand-Dessert, 10 - 24 septembre 2008



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FANG BYERI RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
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