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STATUE KUSU

Lot 4
20.10.2022 15:00UTC +01:00
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€ 428 400
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 822201
Lot 4 | STATUE KUSU
Estimate value
€ 250 000 – 350 000
STATUE KUSU

RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO

Hauteur : 45 cm. (17 3/4 in.)





Provenance

Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris

Collection Myriam Prévot-Douatte (1923-1977), Paris

Cornette de Saint-Cyr, Drouot Rive Gauche, Paris, Succession de Madame Douat, 13 décembre 1977, lot 41

Alain de Monbrison, Paris, acquis lors de cette vente

Collection Béatrice et Patrick Caput, Paris, acquis avant 1988



Literature

Lehuard, R., Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 48, Arnouville, hiver 1983, p. 53

Lehuard, R., Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 67, Arnouville, automne 1988, p. 43

Lehuard, R., Arts d'Afrique Noire, n° 81, Arnouville, printemps 1992, troisième de couverture

Dulon, B. et alii., Lumière noire. Arts traditionnels, Tanlay, 1997, p. 73

Dulon, B., Leurquin, A. et alii., Objetos-Signos de África (recorrido iniciático), Saragosse, 2000, p. 101, n° 65

Neyt, F., La redoutable statuaire songye d’Afrique centrale/Songye. The Formidable Statuary of Central Africa, Anvers, 2004, p. 122, n° 87

Deledicq, L. et alii., Del futuro al pasado. Obras maestras del arte contemporaneo. 30 años 30 artistas, Saragosse, 2008, p. 359

Neyt, F., Fleuve Congo. Arts d’Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes, Paris, 2010, p. 251, n° 172

Blanc, D., « La puissance des ancêtres » in Fleuve Congo. Arts d'Afrique centrale, Connaissance des Arts, Hors-Série, n° 459, 14 juin 2010, p. 24, n° 2

Plisnier, V. et Caput, P., Arts d'Afrique. Portraits d'une collection, Milan, 2016, pp. 66-69



Exhibited

Tanlay, Centre d'art contemporain du chateau de Tanlay, Lumière noire. Arts traditionnels, 7 juin - 5 octobre 1997

Saragosse, Centro de Exposiciones y Congresos, Objetos-Signos de África (recorrido iniciático), 11 avril - 24 juin 2000

Paris, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Fleuve Congo. Arts d’Afrique centrale, correspondances et mutations des formes, 22 juin - 3 octobre 2010



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KUSU FIGURE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Africa
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