Siège à cariatide Songyé - photo 1
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Siège à cariatide Songyé

Lot 24
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1158279
Lot 24 | Siège à cariatide Songyé
Estimate value
€ 150 000 – 250 000
Siège à cariatide Songyé

République démocratique du Congo

Hauteur : 69.5 cm. (27 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis auprès de «Mme Le Véal » le 7 mars 1938

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. 1025-16)



Literature

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, p. 121

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. 160

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. 266, n° 172

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. 180

Daix, P., Picasso l’Africain, Genève, 1998, n° 7 (non ill.)

Abramovic, N. et Hahner-Herzog, I., Afrika. Afrikanische Skulptur aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Ulm, 2000, p. 96, n° 48

Hersak, D., « Popularité et puissance de la créativité songye/On the Popular and Powerful in Songye Creativity », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2003, n° 4, pp. 128 et 129, n° 11a

Benitez-Johannot, P. et al., Sièges d'Afrique noire du musée Barbier-Mueller, Milan, 2003, pp. 176 et 229

Benitez-Johannot, P., « Sièges d'Afrique noire du musée Barbier-Mueller », in African Arts, Los Angeles, printemps 2004, vol. 37, n° 1, p. 73, n° 16

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. 234-235 et 390

Barley, N. et al., Les collections Barbier-Mueller. 110 ans de passion, Grenoble, 2017, p. 154, n° 41



Exhibited

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, 2 mai - 20 novembre 1981

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

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Picasso l’Africain, 7 mai - 15 septembre 1998

Toulouse, Ensemble conventuel des Jacobins, Sièges d'Afrique noire du musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 novembre 2003 - 22 mars 2004

Genève, MEG - Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève, L’invité du MEG. Le musée Barbier-Mueller, 24 avril 2007 - 26 août 2007

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



Further details

Songye stool, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
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