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MASQUE LÉGA

Lot 22
22.06.2023 16:00UTC +01:00
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€ 60 480
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 977543
Lot 22 | MASQUE LÉGA
Estimate value
€ 60 000 – 80 000
MASQUE LÉGA

RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Hauteur : 25.5 cm. (10 in.)





Provenance

Irwin Hersey (1920-2010), New York

Collection Alvin Abrams, New York

Collection Horstmann, Zoug, acquis en 1979



Literature

Hersey, I., African Tribal Art / アフリカ伝統芸術展, Tokyo, 1978, n.p., n° 101

Vogel, S. et alii., Closeup. Lessons in the Art of Seeing African Sculpture, New York, 1990, p. 111, n° 30

Schaedler, K.-F., Masken der Welt. Sammlerstücke aus fünf Jahrtausenden, Munich, 1999, p. 122, n° 98

Bassani, E., The Power of Form. African Art from the Horstmann Collection / Formes et figures. L'art africain dans la collection Horstmann, Milan, 2002, p. 178, n° 73

Bassani, E., Maestri di arte africana. Forme e stili. Ottantaquattro sculture dalla collezione Horstmann / Masters of African Art. Forms and Styles. Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection, Mendrisio, 2007, p. 103, n° 47

Junge, P. et alii., 5000 Jahre Afrika-Ägypten-Afrika. Sammlung W. and U. Horstmann und Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / 5000 Years Africa-Egypt-Africa. The W. and U. Horstmann and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections, Münster, 2008, p. 95

Bassani, E. et Pezzoli, G., Ex Africa. Storie e identità di un’arte universale, Milan, 2019, p. 128, n° I52a



Exhibited

Tokyo, Seibu Museum of Art, African Tribal Art / アフリカ伝統芸術展, janvier 1978

New York, Center for African Art, Closeup. Lessons in the Art of Seeing African Sculpture, 13 septembre 1990 - 11 mars 1991

Mendrisio, Museo d'arte Mendrisio, Maestri di arte africana. Forme e stili. Ottantaquattro sculture dalla collezione Horstmann / Masters of African Art. Forms and Styles. Eighty-four Sculptures from the Horstmann Collection, 29 avril - 22 juillet 2007

Berlin, Stiftung Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, 5000 Jahre Afrika-Ägypten-Afrika. Sammlung W. and U. Horstmann und Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / 5000 Years Africa-Egypt-Africa. The W. and U. Horstmann and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Collections, 9 septembre - 30 novembre 2008



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LEGA MASK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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