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STATUE SONINKÉ

Lot 10
07.12.2022 15:00UTC +00:00
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ID 860511
Lot 10 | STATUE SONINKÉ
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STATUE SONINKÉ

MALI, XIIe - XIIIe SIÈCLE

Un test de datation eth. 12009 du laboratoire de l’école polytechnique de Zurich, réalisé par le Dr G. Bonani le 30 mars 1994, suggère une datation comprise entre 1199 et 1323.

Hauteur : 31.5 cm. (12 3/8 in.)





Provenance

René Rasmussen (1912-1979), Paris

Collection Anne-Marie et André Gaillard, Paris, acquis en 1958 auprès de ce dernier



Literature

Ragon, M., Univers des arts, Paris, 1965, pp. 353-354

Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Æthiopia, vestiges de gloire, Paris, 1987, p. 44, n° 39

Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Dogon, Paris, 1994, p. 151

Leloup, H., Statuaire Dogon, Strasbourg, 1994, p. 219, n° 14

Leloup, H., Dege, l'héritage Dogon, Nantes, 1995, p. 8, n° 1

Leloup, H., Heymer, K. et Schmidt, J.-K., Dogon - Meisterwerke der Skulptur / Chefs-d’œuvre de la statuaire Dogon, Stuttgart, 1998, plat recto et p. 53, n° 4

Dulon, B., Leurquin, A. et alii., Objetos-Signos de África (recorrido iniciático), Saragosse, 2000, p. 39, n° 1

Grunne (de), B., Masterhands. Afrikaanse beeldhouwers in de kijker / Mains de maîtres. À la découverte des sculpteurs d'Afrique, Bruxelles, 2001, p. 50, n° 7

Bassani, E., Africa. Capolavori da un continente, Florence, 2003, p. 112, n° 1.56

Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., « L'écriture sur la peau » in Signes du corps, Paris, 2004, p. 18

Bassani, E., Arts of Africa. 7000 ans d'art africain, Milan, 2005, p. 183, n° 66a

Fagnola, F., Voyage à Bandiagara. Sur les traces de la Mission Desplagnes 1904 - 1905. La première exploration du Pays Dogon, Milan, 2009, p. 261, n° 328

Leloup, H., Dogon, Paris, 2011, p. 84

Grunne (de), B. et Dyke (van), K., Mandé. Trésors millénaires / Mande. Ancient Treasures, Bruxelles, 2016, p. 26

LaGamma, A. et alii., Sahel. Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, New York, 2020, p. 155, n° 75



Exhibited

Paris, Musée Dapper, Æthiopia, vestiges de gloire, 3 juillet - 3 octobre 1987

Paris, Musée Dapper, Dogon, 26 octobre 1994 - 13 mars 1995

Nantes, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chapelle de l'Oratoire, Dege, l'héritage Dogon, 21 juin - 18 septembre 1995

Stuttgart, Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Dogon - Meisterwerke der Skulptur / Chefs-d’œuvre de la statuaire Dogon, 26 avril - 2 août 1998

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

Bruxelles, BBL Cultuurcentrum - Espace culturel BBL, Masterhands. Afrikaanse beeldhouwers in de kijker / Mains de maîtres. À la découverte des sculpteurs d'Afrique, 22 mars - 24 juin 2001

Turin, GAM - Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Torino, Africa. Capolavori da un continente, 2 octobre 2003 - 15 février 2004

Paris, Musée Dapper, Signes du corps, 23 septembre 2004 - 3 avril 2005

Monaco, Grimaldi Forum Monaco, Arts of Africa. 7000 ans d'art africain, 16 juillet - 4 septembre 2005

New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Sahel. Art and Empires on the Shores of the Sahara, 30 janvier - 26 octobre 2020



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SONINKE FIGURE, MALI
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Mali, Africa
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