ID 860501
Lot 29 | FIGURE DE RELIQUAIRE LUMBO
Estimate value
€ 120 000 – 180 000
GABON
Hauteur : 65.5 cm. (253/4 in.)
Provenance
Michel Huguenin, Paris
Alain de Monbrison, Paris
Collection Hubert Goldet (1945-2000), Paris
de Ricqlès, Maison de la Chimie, Paris, Collection Hubert Goldet, 30 juin - 1er juillet 2001, lot 269
Collection Laure-Marie (1927-2017) et Daniel P. Biebuyck (1925-2019), Newton (Massachusetts)
Transmis par descendance
Literature
Perrois, L., Problèmes d’analyse de la sculpture traditionnelle du Gabon, Paris, 1977, p. 64, fig. 13e
Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon. Les arts plastiques du Bassin de l'Ogooué, Arnouville, 1979, p. 230, n° 244
Thornton, L., « Black African Art in Paris » in The Connoisseur, vol. 206, n° 828, Londres, février 1981, p. 119
Felix, M., Art & Kongos, Bruxelles, 1995, p. 143, n° 8
Bacquart, J.-B., L’Art tribal d’Afrique Noire, Paris, 1998, p. 118, fig. A
Grand-Dufay, C., « La statuaire lumbu, un art tout en finesse révélé au début du XXe siècle » in Tribal Art Magazine, n° 77, automne 2015, Arquennes, p. 120, n° 20
Grand-Dufay, C., Les Lumbu, un art sacré. Bungeelë yi bayisi, Paris, 2016, p. 142, n° 92
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LUMBO RELIQUARY FIGURE, GABON
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Gabon, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Medium: | Acrylic glass, Wood, Plastic |
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| Place of origin: | Gabon, Africa |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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