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Masque-heaume

Lot 70
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ID 1158277
Lot 70 | Masque-heaume
Estimate value
€ 50 000 – 70 000
Masque-heaume

Îles Vitu, Nouvelle-Bretagne, Archipel Bismarck, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Hauteur : 49.5 cm. (19 ½ in.)





Provenance

Collection MSC - Mission du Sacré-Cœur de Jésus, Hiltrup, acquis ca. 1918

Loed van Bussel (1935-2018), Amsterdam

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, acquis en 1978 (inv. n° 4476)



Literature

Muensterberger, W., Universalité de l’art tribal. Universality of Tribal Art, Genève, 1979, pp. 90 et 91

Kaufmann, C., Masques d’Océanie. Introduction à l’art de la Mélanésie, Genève, 1985, pp. 11 et 15, n° 6 et 12

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. 300

Gunn, M., Nouvelle-Irlande. Arts rituels d’Océanie dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/New Ireland. Ritual Arts of Oceania in the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Lausanne, 1997, p. 31, n° 38

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 212, n° 10

Boyer, A.-M., Butor, M. et Morin, F., L’homme et ses masques. Chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2005, pp. 217, 236-237 et 353, n° 83

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. 308-309 et 393

Kwahulé, K., Orsenna, E. et Schmitt, E.-E., Masques à démasquer, Genève, 2012, pp. 218-219 et 262, n° 96

Heermann, I., « Masques des îles Witu/Vitu Islands Masks », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2016, n° 17, plat recto et pp. 136 et 142



Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Masques d’Océanie. Introduction à l’art de la Mélanésie, 1er avril 1985

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Universalité de l’art tribal. Universality of Tribal Art, 1er janvier - 30 septembre 1979

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller, septembre 1995

Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA , Arts des Mers du Sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller, 5 juin - 4 octobre 1998

Genève, MEG - Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève, L’invité du MEG. Le musée Barbier-Mueller, 24 avril 2007 - 26 août 2007

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Masques à démasquer, 21 février - 16 septembre 2012



Further details

Helmet-mask, Vitu Islands, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Papua New Guinea
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