Tête de reliquaire Fang - photo 1
Tête de reliquaire Fang - photo 2
Tête de reliquaire Fang - photo 3
Tête de reliquaire Fang - photo 4

Tête de reliquaire Fang

Lot 55
06.03.2024 15:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Sold
€ 14 770 000
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
Buyer Premiumsee on Website%
Archive
The auction is completed. No bids can be placed anymore.
Archive
ID 1158357
Lot 55 | Tête de reliquaire Fang
Tête de reliquaire Fang

Gabon

Hauteur : 36 cm. (14 1⁄8 in.)





Provenance

Collection Antony Innocent Moris (1866-1951), Paris

Collection Josef Müller (1887-1977), Soleure, acquis le 25 janvier 1939

Collection Monique (1929-2019) et Jean Paul (1930-2016) Barbier-Mueller, Genève (inv. n° 1019-13-A)



Literature

Moser, W., Allerlei Schönes aus Afrika, Amerika, Südsee, Soleure, 1957, n° 150

Paudrat, J.-L. et Savary, C., Collection Barbier Müller, Genève. Sculptures d’Afrique, Genève, 1977, p. 48, n° 37 (non ill.)

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon. Les arts plastiques du bassin de l’Ogooué, Arnouville, 1979, p. 50, n° 23

Perrois, L., Art ancestral du Gabon dans les collections du musée Barbier-Mueller/Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Genève, 1985, pp. 168-169 et 219, pl. 32, n° 72

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. 71

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. 199, n° 120

Meyer, L., Afrique noire. Masques, sculptures, bijoux/Black Africa. Masks, Sculpture, Jewelry, Paris, 1991, p. 136, n° 127

Perrois, L., Byeri Fang. Sculptures d’ancêtres en Afrique, Marseille, 1992, pp. 156 et 157

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. 142

Paudrat, J.-L., « Les arts sauvages à Paris au seuil des années trente », in Art tribal, Genève, 1996, p. 34, n° 2

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. 190-191 et 389

Moos, P., « Afrique et Océanie. Chefs-d’œuvre du musée Barbier-Mueller/ Africa and Oceania. Masterpieces of the Musée Barbier-Mueller », in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, printemps 2008, n° 20, p. 60, n° 2

Denner, A. et Wick, O., Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/ Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, Bâle, 2009, vol. V, n° 23

Perrois, L., Arts du Gabon, Genève, 2011, p. 1

Martin, S. et al., Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris, 2017, pp. 59 et 239, n° 88



Exhibited

Soleure, Kunstmuseum Solothurn, Allerlei Schönes aus Afrika, Amerika, Südsee, 28 septembre - 10 novembre 1957

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Sculptures d’Afrique, 20 mars - 23 septembre 1978

Dallas, Dallas Museum of Art, Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 26 janvier - 15 juin 1986 ; Los Angeles, LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, , 28 août 1986 - 22 mars 1987

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, Beauté africaine, 27 septembre - 31 décembre 2002

Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, Afrique, Océanie. Les chefs-d’œuvre de la collection Barbier-Mueller, 19 mars - 24 août 2008

Riehen, Fondation Beyeler, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania, and Modern Art/Bildgewaltig. Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne, 25 janvier - 25 mai 2009

Paris, Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, Les forêts natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, 3 octobre 2017 - 21 janvier 2018



Further details

Fang reliquary head, Gabon
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Iron, Wood
Place of origin:Gabon, Africa
Auction house category:All other types of objects
Address of auction CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
United Kingdom
Preview
06.03.2024 – 06.03.2024
Phone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
Email
4FQ.AYGKAGLUQ@FO3G@
Buyer Premium see on Website
Conditions of purchaseConditions of purchase

Related terms

Frequently asked questions

First of all, you should register to be able to purchase at auction. After confirming your email address, enter your personal information in your user profile, such as your first name, last name, and mail address. Choose a lot from the upcoming auction and the maximum amount you want to place on it. After confirmation of your choice, we will send your application by e-mail to the appropriate auction house. If the auction house accepts a request, it will participate in the auction. You can view the current status of a bid at any time in your personal account in the "Bids" section.
Auctions are performed by auction houses and each of the auction houses describes their terms of auction. You can see the texts in the section "Auction information".
The results of the auction are published within a few days after the end of the auction. In the top menu of the site, find the tab "Auctions". Click on it and you will be on the auction catalog page, where you can easily find the category "Results". After opening it, select the desired auction from the list, enter and view the current status of the interested lot.
The information about the auction winners is confidential. The auction winner will receive a direct notification from the auction house responsible with instructions for further action: an invoice for payment and the manner in which the goods will be received.
Each of the auction houses has its own payment policy for the won lots. All auction houses accept bank transfers, most of them accept credit card payments. In the near future you will find detailed information for each case in the section "Auction information" on the page of the auction catalog and the lot.
Shipment of the won lot depends on its size. Small items can be delivered by post. Larger lots are sent by courier. Employees of the auction houses will offer you a wide range to choose from.
No. The archive serves as a reference for the study of auction prices, photographs and descriptions of works of art.