Masque Dan - photo 1
Masque Dan - photo 2

Masque Dan

Lot 59
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Starting price
€ 300 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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ID 1158309
Lot 59 | Masque Dan
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
Masque Dan

Côte d’Ivoire

Hauteur : 21.5 cm. (8 ½ in.)





Provenance

Paul Guillaume (1891-1934), Paris, acquis ca. 1923

Ralph Nash (1928-2014), Londres

Collection Hubert Goldet (1945-2000), Paris

Roberta et Lance Entwistle, New York, en 1977

Collection Denyse et Marc (1930-2012) Ginzberg, New York, acquis auprès de ces derniers en 1978

Roberta et Lance Entwistle, New York

Collection privée, New York, acquis auprès de ces derniers en 1992

Christie's, Paris, 22 novembre 2017, lot 39

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1008-39)



Literature

Guillaume, P., « L’art nègre », in L’an neuf, Paris, 1923, p. 58

Clouzot, H. et Level, A., « L’art indigène des colonies françaises et du Congo belge au pavillon de Marsan en 1923 », in L’amour de l’art, Paris, février 1924, n° 1, p. 20

Clouzot, H. et Level, A., « Masques de la Côte d’Ivoire », in Art et décoration. Revue mensuelle d’art moderne, Paris, janvier-juin 1924, Tome XLV, p. 8

Clouzot, H. et Level, A., Sculptures africaines et océaniennes, Paris, 1925, p. 20, n° IV

Salles, G. et Zervos, C. « L’art nègre. Peintures, sculptures, architectures », in Cahiers d’art, Paris, 1927, n° 7-8, p. 242

Basler, A., L’art chez les peuples primitifs. Afrique, Océanie, archipel malais, Amérique et terres arctiques. Styles et civilisations, Paris, 1929, n° 29

Rivière, G., « De l’objet d’un musée d’ethnographie comparé à celui d’un musée des Beaux-Arts », in Cahiers de Belgique, Bruxelles, novembre 1930, n° 9, p. 311

Sweeney, J., African Negro Art, New York, 1935, n° 99

Evans, W., African Negro Art. A Corpus of Photographs by Walker Evans, New York, 1935, p. 10, n° 99

Zahn, L., Das Kunstwerk, Baden-Baden, 1950, pl. 6, n° 103

White, K. et al., « Publicité Entwistle/Entwistle Advertisement », in African Arts, Los Angeles, octobre 1977, vol. II, n° 1, plat verso

Vogel, S., African Sculpture. The Shape of Surprise, Greenvale, 1980, p. 15, n° 33

Baldwin, J. et al., Perspectives. Angles on African Art, New York, 1987, p. 12

Borgatti, J et Brilliant, R., Likeness and Beyond. Portraits from Africa and the World, New York, 1990, p. 136, n° 75

Ginzberg, D. et M., The African Art Collection of Marc and Denyse Ginzberg, New York, 2003, n° 24

Hornn, M. et Pigearias, S., « Paul Guillaume et l’art africain. Histoire d’une collection à la lumière de nouvelles recherches/Paul Guillaume and African Art. The History of a Collection in Light of New Research », in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, printemps 2011, n° 59, p. 85, n° 20

Ramseyer, D., « Animisme et christianisme. Cosmogonie dans les zones forestières de la Côte d’Ivoire /Animism and Christianity. Cosmogony in the Forest Areas of Côte d’Ivoire », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2022, n° 23, plat recto et p. 107, n°1

Daranyi, S. de, Paul Guillaume. Marchand d’art et collectionneur (1891-1934), Paris, 2023, p. 128



Exhibited

Paris, MAD - Musée des Arts décoratifs, Pavillon de Marsan, L'art indigène des colonies françaises d'Afrique et d'Océanie et du Congo belge, 9 novembre 1923 - 27 janvier 1924

New York, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, African Negro Art, 18 mars - 19 mai 1935

Greenvale, C. W. Post Art Gallery, African Sculpture. The Shape of Surprise, 17 février - 30 mars 1980

Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Perspectives. Angles on African Art, 21 février - 26 avril 1987 ; New York, Center for African Art, 10 septembre 1987 - 3 janvier 1988 ; Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Museum of Art, 31 janvier - 27 mars 1988

New York, The Center for African Art, Likeness and Beyond. Portraits from Africa and the World, 14 février - 12 août 1990 ; Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 16 septembre - 11 novembre 1990



Further details

Dan mask, Ivory Coast
Medium:Wood
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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