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Statue nkisi Songyé

Lot 26
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 26 | Statue nkisi Songyé
Estimate value
€ 300 000 – 500 000
Statue nkisi Songyé

République démocratique du Congo

Hauteur : 63 cm. (24 ¾ in.)





Provenance

Collection Maurice de Vlaminck (1876-1958), Paris

Bellier, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Sculptures africaines et océaniennes. Collection de M. Maurice de Vlaminck, 1er juillet 1937, lot 44 (non ill.)

Jean Roudillon (1923-2020), Paris

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis le 28 novembre 1937

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1026-14)



Literature

Paudrat, J.-L., La sculpture africaine. Tradition et création, Genève, 1977, p. 8, n° 1

Paudrat, J.-L. et Savary, C., Collection Barbier Müller, Genève. Sculptures d’Afrique, Genève, 1977, pp. 14, 61, 62 et 139, n° 1 et 61

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, pp. 122 et 123

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. 263 et 308, n° 169

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, pp. 178 et 179

Kan, M. et al., Art tribal. Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 1997, plat recto

Abramovic, N. et Hergott, F., La création du monde. Fernand Léger et l’art africain dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 2000, p. 27, n° 34

Sollers, P., Ormesson, J. d’ et al., 5000 ans de figures humaines. Cent regards sur les collections Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2000, n° 1

Hersak, D., « Popularité et puissance de la créativité songyé/On the Popular and Powerful in Songye Creativity », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2003, n° 4, p. 137, n° 23

Neyt, F., Songyé. La Redoutable Statuaire Songyé d'Afrique Centrale/Songye. the Formidable Statuary of Central Africa, Anvers, 2004, pp. 62 et 384, n° 20

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. 232-233 et 390

Jakobi, M., « Vlaminck inventeur de l’art nègre ? », in L’Estampille, Paris, Hors-série n° 35, février 2008, pp. 52 et 55

Mboko, M. et al., Nudités insolites, Paris, 2014, pp. 27 et 53

Neyt, F., « L’univers songyé de Maurice de Vlaminck au musée Barbier-Mueller/ The Songye World of Maurice de Vlaminck at the Barbier-Mueller Museum », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2015, n° 16, pp. 143-144 et 147, n° 1, 2 et 7



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

Paris, Mona Bismarck American Center, 5000 ans de figures humaines. Cent regards sur les collections Barbier-Mueller, 18 septembre - 2 décembre 2000

Genève, MAH - Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, La création du monde. Fernand Léger et l’art africain dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, 25 octobre 2000 - 25 février 2001

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Nudités insolites, 23 mai 2014 - 28 février 2015



Further details

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