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MATERNITÉ PHEMBA KONGO-YOMBÉ

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26.10.2023 15:00UTC +01:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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ID 1045407
Lot 49 | MATERNITÉ PHEMBA KONGO-YOMBÉ
MATERNITÉ PHEMBA KONGO-YOMBÉ

RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Hauteur : 40 cm. (15 ¾ in.)





Provenance

Collection Maurice de Raikem, Belgique, acquis entre 1920 et 1925

Transmis par descendance Patrick Dierickx, Bruxelles

Collection Robert Rubin (1934-2009), New York, acquis auprès de ce dernier en 1985

Transmis par héritage

Sotheby's, New York, The Robert Rubin Collection of African Art, 13 mai 2011, lot 40

Collection Jean-Louis Danis, acquis lors de cette vente



Literature

Lehuard, R., Art bakongo. Les centres de style, Arnouville, 1989, vol. II, p. 633

Vogel, S., Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, New York, 1991, p. 261, n° 126

Herreman, F., To Cure and Protect. Sickness and Health in African Art, New York, 1999, p. 18, n° 4

Caron, M., « The Politics of Life and Death », in World Watch, Washington, D.C., mai - juin 1999, p. 31

Cole, H., Perpetuating the culture. African Images of Mother and Child, Brookville, 2002, p. 41

Grunne (de), B., Kongo. Phemba, Bruxelles, 2022, pp. 87-88, n° 36



Exhibited

New York, Center for African Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 23 mai 1991 - 2 janvier 1992

New York, New Museum of Contemporary Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 11 mai - 18 août 1991 (concomitamment)

Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 9 février - 5 avril 1992

St. Louis, SLAM - Saint Louis Art Museum, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 15 mai - 5 juillet 1992

Charlotte, Mint Museum of Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 8 août - 11 octobre 1992

Pittsburgh, Carnegie Museum of Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 7 novembre 1992 - 10 janvier 1993

Washington, D.C., Corcoran Gallery of Art, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 6 février - 4 avril 1993

Miami, Center for Fine Arts, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 1993

Barcelone, Fundaci ó Antoni Tàpies, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 17 novembre 1993 - 16 janvier 1994

Lyon, ELAC - Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 11 janvier - 18 avril 1994

Liverpool, Tate Gallery, Africa Explores. 20th Century African Art, 28 mai - 14 août 1994

New York, Museum for African Art, To Cure and Protect. Sickness and Health in African Art, 7 février - 31 août 1997

Washington, D.C., NMHM - National Museum of Health and Medicine, To Cure and Protect. Sickness and Health in African Art, 18 février - 23 août 1999

Brookville, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University, Perpetuating the Culture. African Images of Mother and Child, 26 août - 5 octobre 2002

New York, Sean Kelley Gallery, Primitivism Revisited. After the End of an Idea, 16 décembre 2006 - 27 janvier 2007



Further details

KONGO-YOMBE PHEMBA MATERNITY FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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