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STATUE YIPWON

Lot 9
29.06.2022 18:00UTC +01:00
Classic
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€ 5 071 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationFrance, Paris
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ID 783386
Lot 9 | STATUE YIPWON
Estimate value
€ 1 500 000 – 2 000 000
STATUE YIPWON

RIVIÈRE KARAWARI, RÉGION DU MOYEN-SEPIK, PAPOUASIE-NOUVELLE-GUINÉE

Hauteur : 166 cm. (65 3⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Carel Maria A. Groenevelt (1899-1973), Rotterdam, acquis ca. 1960

Collection Wereldmuseum, Rotterdam, inv. n° 52530

Collection Loed van Bussel (1935-2018), Amsterdam, acquis avant 1976

Collection Lucien van de Velde et Joanna Teunen, Anvers, acquis en janvier 1979

Transmis par descendance



Literature

Redeker, H. et van Baaren T., Presentatie, Laren, 1976, p. 16, n° 31

Bayer, A., Oude Kunst uit Afrika en Oceanie, Saint-Nicolas-Waes, 1979, n° 32

Van Daame, W., Herreman, F. et Smidt, D., Sculptuur uit Afrika en Oceanië/Sculpture from Africa and Oceania, Otterlo, 1990, p. 283, n° 107

Paudrat, J.-L., Falgayrettes-Leveau, C. et Glissant, E., Lam métis, Paris, 2001, p. 207

Herreman, F. et alii, Océanie. Signes de rites, symboles d’autorité, Bruxelles, 2008, p. 51, n° 32



Exhibited

Laren, Singermuseum, Presentatie, mai 1976

Saint-Nicolas-Waes, SteM - Stedelijke musea, Internationaal Exlibriscentrum, Oude Kunst uit Afrika en Oceanie, 5 - 20 mai 1979

Otterlo, Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Sculptuur uit Afrika en Oceanië/Sculpture from Africa and Oceania, 17 novembre 1990 - 20 janvier 1991

Paris, Musée Dapper, Lam métis, 26 septembre 2001 - 20 janvier 2002

Bruxelles, Espace culturel ING, Océanie. Signes de rites, symboles d’autorité, 23 octobre 2008 - 15 mars 2009



Post lot text

YIPWON FIGURE, KARAWARI RIVER, MIDDLE SEPIK PROVINCE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Medium:Wood
Place of origin:Papua New Guinea
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