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Masque Tshokwé

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06.03.2024 15:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 9 | Masque Tshokwé
Masque Tshokwé

Angola

Hauteur : 46 cm. (18 1⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection privée, Belgique

Sotheby's, New York, 2 décembre 1983, lot 153

Collection privée, États-Unis

Sotheby's, New York, 19 mai 2000, lot 277

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1028-43)



Literature

Neyt, F., Arts traditionnels et histoire au Zaïre. Cultures forestières et royaumes de la savane/Traditional Arts and History of Zaïre. Forest Cultures and Kingdoms of the Savannah, Louvain-la-Neuve, 1981, p. 231, n° XII.10

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. II, p. 364

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., « Confidentiellement vôtre... / Confidentially Yours... », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2001, n° 2, p. 198, n° 2

Barbier-Mueller, J.P. et Enthoven, R., Rêves de collection. Sept millénaires de sculptures inédites - Europe, Asie, Afrique, Genève, 2003, pp. 164 et 165, n° 70

Pérez, M., « Chikwekwe. Masque calao des Tschokwé/Chikwekwe. Hornbill Mask of the Chokwe », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2004, n° 5, p. 127

Boyer, A.-M., Butor, M. et Morin, F., L’homme et ses masques. Chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2005, pp. 90-91 et 328, n° 10

Wastiau, B., Chokwe, Milan, 2006, pp. 44 et 111, n° 60

Semprün, J. et al., Picasso. L’homme aux mille masques, Paris, 2006, pp. 204 et 205, n° 72

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. 224-225 et 390



Exhibited

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



Further details

Chokwe mask, Angola
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Angola, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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