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Masque Toussian

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ID 1158288
Lot 73 | Masque Toussian
Masque Toussian

Burkina Faso

Hauteur : 67 cm. (26 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Robert Duperrier (1917-1996), Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en 1968 (inv. n° 1005-11)



Literature

Fagg, W., Masques d’Afrique dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller, Paris, 1980, p. 49

Rubin, W. et al., Le Primitivisme dans l’art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l’art tribal/“Primitivism” in 20th Century Art. Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. I, p. 26 et vol. II, plat recto

Lehuard, R., « Primitivism in 20th Century Art », in Arts d'Afrique Noire, Arnouville, hiver 1984, n° 52, p. 10

Roy, C., Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Meudon, 1987, pp. 24 et 365, n° 314

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. 42, 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, pp. 76-77 et 303, n° 22

Govignon, B. et al., La petite encyclopédie de l’art, Paris, 1995, p. 107, n° 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. 72

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. 58-59 et 245, pl. 11, n° 39

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 93 et 94

Butor, M. et Morin, F., L’homme et ses masques. Chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2005, pp. 168-169, 341 et 342, n° 49

Hahner-Herzog, I. et Stepan, P., Spirits Speak. A Celebration of African Mask, Munich, 2005, p. 166, pl. 45, n° 45

Semprün, J. et al., Picasso. L’homme aux mille masques, Paris, 2006, pp. 162 et 163, plat recto, n° 51

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. 108-109 et 385

Petridis, C., « Buffalo Helmets of Tussian and Siemu Peoples of Burkina Faso », in African Arts, Los Angeles, 2008, vol. 41, n° 3, p. 28, n° 3

Baeke, V. et al., A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Genève, 2009, n° 7

Bognolo, D., « L’animal au cœur de l’identité. Rencontre avec la culture toussian, Burkina Faso/The Animal at the Heart of Identity. An Encounter with Tussian Culture in Burkina Faso », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2009, n° 10, pp. 106 et 107, n° 2

Eisenhofer, S. et Wolf, N., Afrikanische Kunst, Cologne, 2010, p. 4

Flubacher, C. et al., Surréalisme et arts primitifs. Un air de famille, Berlin, 2014, p. 117

Martin, J.-H., Carambolages, Paris, 2016, p. 28, n° 76

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Boyer, A.-M., Wilmotte, J.-M. et al., Arts lointains si proches dans le regard de Silvia Bächli, Genève, 2018, pp. 22-23 et 76



Exhibited

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

New York, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art. Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 27 septembre 1984 - 15 janvier 1985

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, 16 novembre 1990 - 24 février 1991

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

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

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2 juin - 27 septembre 2009

Crans-Montana, Lens, Fondation Pierre Arnaud, Surréalisme et arts primitifs. Un air de famille, 15 juin - 5 octobre 2014

Paris, Grand Palais, Carambolages, 2 mars - 4 juillet 2016

Paris, Grand Palais, Biennale des Antiquaires, Les collections Barbier-Mueller. 110 ans de passion, 11 - 17 septembre 2017

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Arts lointains si proches dans le regard de Silvia Bächli, 20 mars - 28 octobre 2018



Further details

Tussian mask, Burkina Faso
Medium:Acrylic glass, Plastic, Wood
Place of origin:Burkina Faso, Africa
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