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Statue Nuna

Lot 36
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1158284
Lot 36 | Statue Nuna
Estimate value
€ 100 000 – 150 000
Statue Nuna

Burkina Faso

Hauteur : 83 cm. (32 5⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Henri Kamer (1927-1992), Paris

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en 1974 (inv. n° 1005-4)



Literature

Kamer, H., Haute-Volta, Bruxelles, 1973, pp. 136 et 137, n° 89

Paudrat, J.-L. et Savary, C., Collection Barbier Müller, Genève. Sculptures d’Afrique, Genève, 1977, pp. 30 et 73, n° 6

Jeanneret, A., Laude, J. et al., Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, Genève, 1977, p. 50, n° 3

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, p. 67

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. 39

Roy, C., Art of the Upper Volta Rivers, Meudon, 1987, pp. 252 et 253, n° 214

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. 76, n° 21

Kerchache, J., Paudrat, J.-L. et Stephan, L., L’art africain/Art of Africa, Paris, 1988, p. 372, n° 313

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. 70

Phillips, T. et al., Africa. The Art of a Continent, Londres, 1995, p. 520, n° 6.36

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

Daix, P., Picasso l’Africain, Genève, 1998, p. 32, n° 5 (non ill.)

Gaßner, H. et Vitali, C., Kunst über Grenzen. Die Klassische Moderne von Cézanne bis Tinguely und die Weltkunst - aus der Schweiz gesehen, Munich, 1999, p. 331, n° 259

Sollers, P., Ormesson, J. d’ et al., 5000 ans de figures humaines. Cent regards sur les collections Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2000, n° 073

Barbier-Mueller, J.P., 1977-2007. Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2007, plat recto

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. 104-105 et 385

Groux, R., « Mes années Kamer (1969-1972)/My Kamer Years (1969–1972) », in Arts & Cultures, Genève, 2008, n° 9, p. 179, n° 1

Baeke, V. et al., A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Genève, 2009, p. 54, n° 6

Barley, N. et al., Les collections Barbier-Mueller. 110 ans de passion, Grenoble, 2017, pp. 158 et 159, n° 44

Petridis, C. et al., The Language of Beauty in African Art, New Haven, 2022, p. 44, n° 12



Exhibited

Bruxelles, Studio Passage 44, Haute-Volta, 5 - 23 septembre 1973

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Art d’Océanie, d’Afrique et d’Amérique. Récentes acquisitions. Collection Barbier-Müller, 1er juin - 31 octobre 1977

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Sculptures d’Afrique, 1er décembre 1977 - 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

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Sculpture. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller, septembre 1995

Londres, Royal Academy of Arts, Africa. The Art of a Continent, 4 octobre 1995 - 21 janvier 1996

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

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

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, A Legacy of Collecting. African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2 juin - 27 septembre 2009

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



Further details

Nuna figure, Burkina Faso
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Burkina Faso, Africa
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