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Masque ngil Fang

Lot 92
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ID 1158344
Lot 92 | Masque ngil Fang
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
Masque ngil Fang

Gabon

Hauteur : 42 cm. (16 ½ in.)





Provenance

Charles Vignier (1863-1934), Paris

Transmis par héritage

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1019-14)



Literature

Fagg, W., Masques d’Afrique dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller, Paris, 1980, p. 111

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. 183 et 224, pl. 39, n° 82

Hierro, J., Hier, aujourd’hui, demain. Regards sur les collections et sur les activités du musée Barbier-Mueller 1977-1987/Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Collections and Activities of the Barbier-Mueller Museum 1977-1987, Genève, 1987, p. 70, n° 2

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. 203, n° 124

Meyer, L., Afrique noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux/Black Africa. Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry, Paris, 1991, pp. 99 et 221, n° 81

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. 168, 169 et 268, pl. 66, n° 178

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 109 et 110

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon, Genève, 2011, p. 20

Martin, S. et al., Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, p. 61, n° 105

Bolz, F., African Art - Art africain - Afrikanische kunst - Arte africano - Arte africana - Afrikaanse kunst, Paris, 2018, p. 176 Petridis, C. et al., The Language of Beauty in African Art, New Haven, 2022, pp. 263 et 329, n° 234

Levy, A. et Ouvrier, Z., Pensées invisibles. Invisible Thoughts, Genève, 2023, pp. 47, 109, 115 et 138, n° 22



Exhibited

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

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

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

Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, The Language of Beauty in African Art, 3 avril - 31 juillet 2022 ; Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 20 novembre 2022 - 27 février 2023

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Pensées invisibles, 9 novembre 2022 - 3 septembre 2023



Further details

Fang ngil mask, Gabon
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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