ID 1045369
Lot 16 | STATUE BONGO
Estimate value
€ 120 000 – 180 000
SOUDAN
Hauteur : 132 cm. (52 in.)
Provenance
Christian Duponcheel (1941-2004), Pietrebais, acquis ca. 1971
Collection Comte Baudouin de Grunne (1917-2011), Wezembeek-Oppem
Sotheby's, New York, The Baudouin de Grunne Collection of African Art, 19 mai 2000, lot 100
Collection Marie-Domitilla de Hemricourt de Grunne (1952- 2014) et Philippe Guimiot (1927-2021), Bruxelles, acquis lors de cette vente
Sotheby's, Paris, Philippe Guimiot et Domitilla de Grunne. Collection d'art premier, 17 juin 2009, lot 57
Collection Jean-Louis Danis, acquis lors de cette vente
Literature
Marijnissen, R., Cent chefs-d'œuvre du musée ethnographique d'Anvers et de collections particulières. Sculptures africaines, nouveau regard sur un héritage, Anvers, 1975, p. 71, n° 109
Guimiot, P. et Van de Velde, L., Oerkunsten van zwart Afrika / Arts premiers d'Afrique Noire, Bruxelles, 1977, p. 162, n° 119
Guimiot, P., Art et Objets Tribaux II. Regard sur une collection, Bruxelles, 1995, p. 101, n° 47
Phillips, T., et alii, Africa. The Art of a Continent, Munich, 1995, p. 137, n° 2.18b
Grunne (de), B., Masterhands. Afrikaanse beeldhouwers in de kijker. Mains de maîtres. A la découverte des sculpteurs d'Afrique, Bruxelles, 2001, p. 244, n° 87
Exhibited
Anvers, Marcel Peeters Centrum, Cent chefs-d'œuvre du musée ethnographique d'Anvers et de collections particulières. Sculptures africaines, nouveau regard sur un héritage, 16 novembre - 2 décembre 1975
Bruxelles, Crédit Communal de Belgique, Oerkunsten van Zwart Afrika / Arts premiers d'Afrique Noire, 5 mars - 17 avril 1977
Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, Africa. The Art of a Continent, 4 octobre 1995 - 21 janvier 1996
Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Africa. The Art of a Continent, 1er mars - 1er mai 1996
New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Africa. The Art of a Continent, 7 juin - 29 septembre 1996
Bruxelles, Espace Culturel BBL, Masterhands. Afrikaanse beeldhouwers in de kijker. Mains de maîtres. A la découverte des sculpteurs d'Afrique, 22 mars - 24 juin 2001
Further details
BONGO FIGURE, SUDAN
Medium: | Wood |
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Place of origin: | Africa, Sudan |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Medium: | Wood |
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Place of origin: | Africa, Sudan |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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