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Statue Wosera, Abelam

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Lot 30 | Statue Wosera, Abelam
Statue Wosera, Abelam

Province Sepik oriental, Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée

Hauteur : 136 cm. (53 ½ in.)





Provenance

Hélène Leloup (1927-2023) et Henri Kamer (1927-1992), New York, acquis avant 1969

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis en mai 1982 (inv. n° 4080-7)



Literature

Rubin, W. et al., Le Primitivisme dans l’art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l’art tribal/“Primitivism” in 20th Century Art. Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. I, p. 42

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. 268 et 269

Newton, D., Arts des mers du sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Art of the South Seas. Island Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia. The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Paris, 1998, p. 193, n° 6

Sollers, P., Ormesson, J. d’ et al., 5000 ans de figures humaines. Cent regards sur les collections Barbier-Mueller, Genève, 2000, n° 018

Peltier, P. et al., Ombres de Nouvelle-Guinée. Arts de la grande île d’Océanie dans les collections Barbier-Mueller/Shadows of New Guinea. Art of the Great Island of Oceania from the Barbier-Mueller Collections, Paris, 2006, pp. 79 et 401, n° 22

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. 280-281 et 392

Levy, A. et Ouvrier, Z., Pensées invisibles. Invisible Thoughts, Genève, 2023, pp. 39, 126, 133 et 143, n° 54



Exhibited

New York, MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art. Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 27 septembre 1984 - 15 janvier 1985

Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA - Musée d'Arts Africains, Océaniens et Amérindiens, Arts des Mers du Sud. Insulinde, Mélanésie, Polynésie, Micronésie. Collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller, 5 juin - 4 octobre 1998

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

Paris, Mona Bismarck American Center, Ombres de Nouvelle-Guinée. Arts de la grande île d’Océanie dans les collections Barbier-Mueller, 3 octobre - 25 novembre 2006

Genève, MEG - Musée d’Ethnographie de Genève, 40 ans du musée Barbier-Mueller - Hors les murs, 23 mars - 31 décembre 2017

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Pensées invisibles, 9 novembre 2022 - 3 septembre 2023



Further details

Wosera figure, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Papua New Guinea
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