ID 1158296
Lot 42 | Statue Luluwa
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
République démocratique du Congo
Hauteur : 31 cm. (12 ¼ in.)
Provenance
Charles Ratton (1895-1986), Paris
Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis le 18 décembre 1940
Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1026-16)
Literature
Paudrat, J.-L. et Savary, C., Collection Barbier-Müller, Genève. Sculptures d’Afrique, Genève, 1977, pp. 59-60 et 133, n° 57
Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, pp. 114 et 115
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. 144, n° 1
Schmalenbach, W. et al., Arts de l’Afrique noire dans la collection Barbier-Mueller/Afrikanische Kunst aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Genf, Munich, 1988, pp. 256 et 257, n° 163
Sollers, P., Ormesson, J. d’ et al., 5000 ans de figures humaines. Cent regards sur les collections Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2000, n° 086
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. 240-241 et 390
Petridis, C., Luluwa. Art d’Afriqule entre ciel et terre/Luluwa. Central African Art Between Heaven and Earth, Anvers, 2018, p. 120, n° 102
Exhibited
Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Sculptures d’Afrique, 20 mars - 23 septembre 1978
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
Further details
Luluwa figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Medium: | Wood |
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Place of origin: | Africa |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
Medium: | Wood |
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Place of origin: | Africa |
Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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