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Figure de reliquaire Fang

Lot 4
18.12.2024 16:00UTC +00:00
Classic
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ID 1349516
Lot 4 | Figure de reliquaire Fang
Estimate value
€ 200 000 – 300 000
Figure de reliquaire Fang
Gabon
Soclé par Kichizô Inagaki (1876-1951), à Paris
Hauteur : 26 cm. (10 ¼ in.)




Provenance

Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris (inv. n° AFROC A237)
Collection André Derain (1880-1954), Paris
Collection Jean Mistler (1897-1988), Thiais
Collection Marie-Dominique Mistler Lancelot (1937-2023), Castelnaudary
Philippe Ratton, Paris, acquis avant 1984
Pierre Dartevelle (1940-2022), Bruxelles, acquis avant 2001
Collection privée, Belgique



Literature

Guillaume, P., Album personnel, Paris, 1930, vol. II, p. 38, n° 614
Bassani, E., Africa. Capolavori da un continente, Florence, 2003, pp. 230 et 359, n°3.65
Pirat, C.-H., « Turin à l’heure de l’Afrique ancienne », in Art tribal, Paris, hiver 2003, n° 4, p. 46
Bargna, I., L’arte africana. La grande storia dell’arte, Florence, 2006, vol. 19, p. 30
Matharan, P. et al., Arts d’Afrique. Voir l’invisible, Bordeaux, 2011, p. 112, n° 104
Pirat, C.-H., Du fleuve Niger au fleuve Congo. Une aventure africaine, Waregem, 2014, pp. 176-177 et 256, n°56
Homberger, L., Pezzoli, G. et Zevi, C., Africa. La terra degli spiriti - Africa. Land of Spirits, Milan, 2015, pp. 236 et 237
Martin, S. et al., Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, pp. 54 et 360, n° 39
Dartevelle, V. et Plisnier, V., Pierre Dartevelle et les arts premiers. Mémoire et continuité, Milan, 2021, vol. II, pp. 148 et 149, n° 173



Exhibited

Turin, GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Africa. Capolavori da un continente, 2 octobre 2003 - 16 février 2004
Bordeaux, Musée d’Aquitaine, Arts d'Afrique. Voir l'invisible, 22 mars - 21 août 2011
Milan, MUDEC - Museo delle Culture, Africa. La terra degli spiriti, 27 mars - 30 août 2015
Paris, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, 3 octobre 2017 - 21 janvier 2018



Further details

Fang Reliquary Figure, Gabon
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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