Ornement de proue de pirogue nguzu nguzu - photo 1
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Ornement de proue de pirogue nguzu nguzu

Lot 21
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Lot 21 | Ornement de proue de pirogue nguzu nguzu
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€ 30 000 – 50 000
Ornement de proue de pirogue nguzu nguzu

Nouvelle-Géorgie, Îles Salomon

Hauteur : 30 cm. (11 ¾ in.)





Provenance

Collection comte Rodolphe Festetics de Tolna (1865-1933), Paris, acquis ca. 1895

Collection Stéphen-Charles Chauvet (1885-1950), Paris, acquis ca. 1914

Ernest Ascher (1888-1979), Paris

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis le 4 mars 1939

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 4501-C)



Literature

Festetics de Tolna, R., Chez les cannibales. Huit ans de croisière dans l'océan Pacifique à bord du yacht « Le Tolna », Paris, 1903, p. 351

Moser, W., Allerlei Schönes aus Afrika, Amerika, Südsee, Soleure, 1957, p. 13, n° 80

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., Indonésie et Mélanésie. Art tribal et cultures archaïques des mers du Sud, Genève, 1977, pp. 91 et 115

Waite, D., Art des Îles Salomon dans les collections du musée Barbier-Müller/Art of the Solomon Islands from the Collections of the Barbier-Müller Museum, Genève, 1983, pp. 40-41, 120 et 121, pl. 6, n° 10

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. 56, n° 1

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. 324

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 280, n° 18

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, pp. 340 et 341

Boulay, R., « Rêves d’Océanie. La croisière du comte Festetics de Tolna dans les mers du Sud (1893 à 1900)», in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2007, n° 8, p. 227, n° 1

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. 340-341 et 395

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, pp. 104-105 et 123, n° 31



Exhibited

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Kunst der Salomon-Inseln, 4 avril - 29 décembre 1991

Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA - Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens, Arts des Mers du Sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller, 5 juin - 4 octobre 1998

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



Further details

Nguzu nguzu canoe prow ornament, New Georgia, Solomon Islands
Medium:Wood, Shell
Place of origin:Solomon Islands
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