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KONGO-VILI POWER FIGURE

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11.05.2022 10:00UTC -04:00
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ID 744712
Lot 33 | KONGO-VILI POWER FIGURE
KONGO-VILI POWER FIGURE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGOHeight: 11 in. (28 cm.) Provenance Margriet Maurissens (1901-1998) and Frans Olbrechts (1899-1958), Wezembeek-OppemLempertz, Brussels, 14 February 1998, lot 104Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels, in 1998Bernard de Grunne, Brussels, in 2007Guy Laliberté Collection Literature Lehuard, R., « Les Ventes » in Arts d’Afrique Noire, no. 106, Arnouville, summer 1998, p. 65Grunne (de), B., BRUNEAF - Brussels Non European Art Fair XVIII, Brussels, 2008, p. 45Grunne (de), B., Tribal Fine Arts, Vottem, 2008, p. 27, no. 8M : la revue du Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal, September 2009, p. 46Tribal Art Magazine, no. 54, winter 2009, p. 13Germain, J., Art ancien de l’Afrique Noire, vol. V, Montreal, 2010, pp. 58-59Lecomte, A., Lehuard, R. et alii, Bakongo. « Les fétiches » mi-nkondi, mi-nkisi, Paris, 2016, pp. 290-291 Exhibited Maastricht, MECC - Maastrichts Exposities & Congres Centrum, TEFAF - The European Fine Art Fair, 9 - 18 March 2007New York, L&M Arts Gallery, Great Works from Africa and the Pacific, 9 - 17 May 2008Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Afrique Sacrée II. Collections du MBAM, du Cirque du Soleil et du Musée Redpath de l’Université McGill, 19 November 2008 - November 2010Montreal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, From Africa to the Americas. Face-to-face Picasso, Past and Present, 12 May - 16 September 2018 Post lot text STATUE KONGO-VILI, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO
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