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Serpent Baga

Lot 11
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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€ 2 460 000
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Lot 11 | Serpent Baga
Serpent Baga

Guinée

Hauteur : 217 cm. (85 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Henri Kamer (1927-1992), Paris, acquis en 1957

John J. Klejman (1906-1995), New York, acquis en 1968

Collection Dr. Robert Mandelbaum (1922-1983), New York

Merton D. Simpson (1928-2013), New York, acquis en 1978 (inv. n° 2413)

Henri Kamer (1927-1992), Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en 1979 (inv. n° 1001-21)



Literature

Cole, H. et al., Antelopes and Elephants, Hornbills and Hyenas. Animals in African Art, Santa Barbara, 1973, n° 85

Povey, J. et al., « Publicité Merton D. Simpson/Merton D. Simpson Advertisement », in African Arts, Los Angeles, janvier 1978, vol. XI, n° 2, p. 1

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. 55

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. 101, n° 38

Meyer, L., Afrique noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux/Black Africa. Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry, Paris, 1991, p. 91, n° 69

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, pl. 24, pp. 84-85 et 250, n° 67

Geoffroy-Schneiter, B., Arts premiers/Tribal Art. Africa, Oceania, Southeast Asia, Paris, 1999, p. 4

Berliner, D., « (Re)découverte des masques landuma (Boké, Guinée-Conakry)/(Re)discovering Landuma Masks (Boké, Guinea-Conakry) », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2004, n° 5, p. 137, 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, p. 44, n° 1

Berliner, D., Baga. Mémoires religieuses, Genève, 2013, pp. 72 et 73, n° 2

Berliner, D., Baga. Mémoires religieuses, Genève, 2016, pp. 72 et 73, n° 2

Preston, S., « Le cosmos comme un labyrinthe dans l’art africain/Cosmos as Labyrinth in African Art », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2022, n° 23, p. 88, n° 8

Levy, A. et Ouvrier, Z., Pensées invisibles. Invisible Thoughts, Genève, 2023, pp. 101, 102, 103, 107 et 124, n° 2



Exhibited

Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Antelopes and Elephants, Hornbills and Hyenas. Animals in African Art, 4 octobre - 2 décembre 1973

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, 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

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

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Découvrez les Baga, 17 octobre 2013 - 30 mars 2014

Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA - Musée d'arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Baga. Art de Guinée. Collection du musée Barbier-Mueller, 13 mai - 18 septembre 2016

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



Further details

Baga snake figure, Guinea
Medium:Glass, Mirror glass, Wood
Place of origin:Guinea, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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