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Masque Kwélé

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06.03.2024 15:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1158317
Lot 100 | Masque Kwélé
Masque Kwélé

Gabon

Hauteur : 38 cm. (15 in.)





Provenance

Collection André Fourquet (1928-2001), Paris

Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013), New York

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en septembre 1979 (inv. n° 1019-49)



Literature

Fagg, W., Masques d’Afrique dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller, Paris, 1980, p. 114

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. 82-83 et 196, pl. 12, n° 20

Schmalenbach, W. et al., Arts de l’Afrique noire dans la collection Barbier-Mueller/Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, Munich, 1988, p. 206, n° 127

Manley, L. et al., Tradition and Transition in African Letters, New Haven, 1990, plat recto

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. 146

Hahner-Herzog, I. et al., L’autre visage. Masques africains de la collection Barbier-Mueller/African Masks. The Barbier-Mueller Collection/Das zweite Gesicht. Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Munich, 1997, pp. 176-177 et 269, pl. 70, n° 187

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 101 et 102

Perrois, L., « L’art des Bakwélé d’Afrique équatoriale. Masques d’ancêtres, masques d’esprits de la grande forêt/Art of the Kwele of Equatorial Africa. Ancestor Masks, Bush Spirit Masks », in Tribal Arts, Paris, printemps 2001, n° 25, p. 96, n° 22

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. 194-195 et 389

LaGamma, A., Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the Central African Reliquary, New York, 2007, p. 296, n° 107

Denner, A. et Wick, O., Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/ Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, Bâle, 2009, vol. III, n° 32

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon, Genève, 2011, p. 9

Martin, S. et al., Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, pp. 82 et 259, n° 123



Exhibited

Zurich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Die Kunst von Schwarz-Afrika, 31 octobre 1970 - 17 janvier 1971

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Masques d’Afrique dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller, 1er janvier - 31 décembre 1980

Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 26 janvier - 15 juin 1986

Los Angeles, LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 28 août 1986 - 22 mars 1987

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, 12 août - 22 octobre 1989

Munich, Haus der Kunst, Das zweite Gesicht. Afrikanische Masken aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller/L’autre visage. Masques africains de la collection Barbier-Mueller, 7 février - 24 avril 1997 ; Bielefeld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, 15 mai - 3 août 1997 ; Luxembourg, Banque générale du Luxembourg, 15 septembre - 23 novembre 1997 ; Tervuren, Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale, 29 mai - 13 septembre 1998 ; Paris, Mona Bismarck American Center, 21 septembre - 28 octobre 1999

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie. Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller, 26 avril - 30 septembre 2007

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

Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, 25 janvier - 25 mai 2009

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



Further details

Kwele mask, Gabon
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
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