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Tête Akan

Lot 37
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
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Lot 37 | Tête Akan
Estimate value
€ 50 000 – 70 000
Tête Akan

Ghana

Hauteur : 25 cm. (9 7⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Aaron Furman, New York

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève, acquis le 29 octobre 1977 (inv. n° 1009-6)



Literature

Paudrat, J.-L. et Savary, C., Collection Barbier Müller, Genève. Sculptures d’Afrique, Genève, 1977, pp. 37 et 85, n° 18

Lehuard, R., « Les expositions », in Arts d’Afrique Noire, Arnouville, printemps 1978, n° 25, p. 31, n° a

Preston, G., « An Akan Terracotta Head in the Barbier-Mueller Collection », in Connaissance des arts tribaux, Genève, 1979, plat recto, n° 6

Jones, J. et al., Exotische Kunst aus der Barbier-Müller Sammlung. Amerika, Afrika, Südsee, Soleure, 1981, pp. 80 et 81

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. 134 et 135, n° 72

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. 99

Coquet, M., Arts de cour en Afrique noire, Paris, 1996, p. 65, n° 57

Abramovic, N. et Hahner-Herzog, I., Afrika. Afrikanische Skulptur aus der Sammlung Barbier-Mueller, Ulm, 2000, p. 53, n° 24

Barbier-Mueller, J.P. et Enthoven, R., Rêves de collection. Sept millénaires de sculptures inédites - Europe, Asie, Afrique, Genève, 2003, p. 106

Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Owusu-Sarpong, C. et al., Ghana, hier et aujourd’hui - Ghana, Yesterday and Today, Paris, 2003, p. 95

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. 152-153 et 387

Wastiau, B., Morin, F. et al., Terres cuites africaines. Un héritage millénaire. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/African Terra Cottas. A Millenary Heritage. Barbier-Mueller Museum Collections, Paris, 2008, pp. 158 et 159, n° 68

Neyt, F., Trésors de Côte d’Ivoire. Aux sources des traditions artistiques, Anvers, 2014, p. 304, n° 218

Kaufmann, J., Lobe, M. et al., Écarts et correspondances. Le musée Barbier-Mueller et Jacques Kaufmann, artiste céramiste, Paris, 2022, pp. 76-77 et 116, n° 70



Exhibited

Los Angeles, University of California, Frederick S. Wight Gallery, The Arts of Ghana, 11 octobre - 11 décembre 1977 ; Minneapolis, Walker Art Center, 11 février - 26 mars 1978 ; Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, 3 mai - 2 juillet 1978 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

Luxembourg, Kirchberg, BGL BNP Paribas, Terres cuites africaines. Un héritage millénaire. Collections du musée Barbier-Mueller, 18 novembre 2009 - 8 janvier 2010 ; Toulouse, Ensemble conventuel des Jacobins, 4 juin - 16 août 2010

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Écarts et correspondances. Le musée Barbier-Mueller et Jacques Kaufmann, artiste céramiste, 30 mars - 2 octobre 2022

Clermont-Ferrand, MARQ - Musée d'Art Roger-Quilliot, Sur les pas de Jean Dubuffet en Auvergne, 8 juillet - 30 octobre 2022



Further details

Akan head, Ghana
Applied technique:Pottery
Medium:Ceramic, Terracotta
Place of origin:Ghana, Africa
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