Figure de reliquaire Mahongwé - photo 1
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Figure de reliquaire Mahongwé

Lot 75
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Lot 75 | Figure de reliquaire Mahongwé
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
Figure de reliquaire Mahongwé

Gabon

Hauteur : 37 cm. (14 5⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection André Fourquet (1928-2001), Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis le 28 avril 1985 (inv. n° 1019-68)



Literature

Perrois, L., Art ancestral du Gabon dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1985, pp. 66-67 et 188, pl.4, n° 4

Schmalenbach, W. et al., Arts de l’Afrique noire dans la collection Barbier-Mueller/Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, Munich, 1988, pp. 26 et 213, n° 19 et 132

Meyer, L., Afrique noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux/Black Africa. Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry, Paris, 1991, pp. 130 et 131, n° 120

Newton, D. et Waterfield, H., Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller/Tribal Sculpture. Masterpieces from Africa, South East Asia and the Pacific in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1995, p. 148

Abramovic, N. et Hergott, F., La création du monde. Fernand Léger et l’art africain dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 2000, p. 103, n° 125

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., « Confidentiellement vôtre…/Confidentially Yours… », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2003, n° 4, p. 257

LaGamma, A., « Ancêtres éternels. L’art du reliquaire en Afrique centrale/ Eternal Ancestors. Art of the Central African Reliquary », in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, automne 2007, n° 18, p. 81, n° 19

LaGamma, A., Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the Central African Reliquary, New York, 2007, pp. 220 et 221, n° 56

Alleva, A. d’ et al., Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller/Arts of Africa and Oceania. Highlights from the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, pp. 202-203 et 389

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon, Genève, 2011, pp. 23 et 24

Vanderstraete, A., Monnaies. Objets d’échange. Afrique - Asie - Océanie, Genève, 2016, pp. 166 et 167, n° 60

Martin, S. et al., Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, pp. 88 et 269, n° 139



Exhibited

Düsseldorf, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, 27 février - 10 avril 1988 ; Francfort-sur-le-Main, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, 4 juin - 14 août 1988 ; Munich, Haus der Kunst, 17 décembre 1988 - 19 février 1989 ; Genève, Musée Rath, 15 mars - 15 mai 1989 ; Berne, Kunstmuseum Bern, 16 novembre 1990 - 24 février 1991

Genève, MAH - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, La création du monde. Fernand Léger et l’art africain dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, 25 octobre 2000 - 25 février 2001

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

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Monnaies. Objets d’échange. Afrique - Asie - Océanie, 11 février - 30 octobre 2016

Paris, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, 3 octobre 2017 - 21 janvier 2018



Further details

Mahongwe reliquary figure, Gabon
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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