77th Tribal Art Auction at Zemanek-Münster.
28th of june at 2 pm
Category Archives: veilingverslagen
19-06-2014: African, Oceanic and Native American Art, Christie’s, Paris
catalogue Blum collection ——– results
On June 19th, Christie’s will held a double auction. The first one at 3.30pm: “African, Oceanic and Native American Art” and the second one at 7pm: “Artworks from the De Rudolf and Léonore Blum Collection”. Preview in Paris from June 13 to 17 from 10 am until 6pm. African objects will be by far the most numerous in the sale, which will feature a selection of sixty-six pieces from among the three hundred objects that make up the collection of Léonore and Rudolf Blum.
18-06-2014: Arts d’Afrique et d’Océanie, Sotheby’s, Parijs
Sale Number:PF1408 resultaten
OVERVIEW
Devoted to works of varied private provenance, our upcoming Paris African and Oceanic Arts auction in will offer a panoramic spread of the leading styles of African and Oceanic Art, with several masterpieces reflecting the individuality of the most gifted master carvers.
Ever since it was discovered by members of the Avant-Garde at the start of the 20th century, Fang statuary has been considered the apex of African sculpture. On the eve of the First World War, however, these pieces remained very rare, and even today fewer than ten works are known from the most rarefied corpus of Fang statuary: that of the Fang Mabea (Cameroon). The most important of these works – and the only one still in private hands – will be offered for sale at Sotheby’s Paris on 18 June.
This spectacular figure (2ft3in/67cm tall), hovering between realistic detail and idealised shape, constitutes the apotheosis of the style. According to Louis Perrois it may evoke a female ancestor venerated for her abundant offspring, and it ranks as a masterful archetypal piece of African statuary. The refinement of the carving, and the perfectly smooth surfaces of the dense, light wood, both point to ancient tradition. Connoisseurs will admire the delicacy of certain details, like the design of the hollowed shoulders (typical of the Mabea style) embellished with motifs unknown elsewhere in Fang art.
We are currently accepting consignments until end of April, for more information please contact one of our specialists.
Selected highlights from the forthcoming sales of African & Ocenic Art in New York and Paris will be on view at Galerie Charpentier from 9 to 12 and 14 to 17 April. Opening on 8 April at 6:30 PM.
Exhibition Times
Paris
- Fri, 13 Jun 14 | 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM CEST
- Sat, 14 Jun 14 | 02:00 PM – 06:00 PM CEST
- Mon, 16 Jun 14 | 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM CEST
- Tue, 17 Jun 14 | 10:00 AM – 06:00 PM CEST
17-06-2014: Tribal Art at Artcurial, Paris
03-06-2014: African Art – Collection Ulrich Klever, Quittenbaum Art Auctions, München
16-05-2014: verslag van de veiling bij Sotheby’s, door Martin Lagrain.
Veiling Sotheby’s New York 16.05.2014.
Lot 67_Songye
Er werd met spanning uitgekeken naar de veiling van het tweede deel van de collectie van Allan Stone. Deel 1 had vorig jaar niet minder dan 11,5 miljoen dollar opgebracht, en ook nu wekte het aanbod van vooral de Kongo nagelbeelden en de Songye krachtbeelden grote verwachtingen. Edoch, het viel toch wat tegen. 110 van de aangeboden 123 stukken vonden wel een koper voor een totale som van 5 miljoen dollar, maar veel toeslagen gebeurden diep onder de minimumschatting. Het is nochtans de politiek in New York om de kavels laag in te zetten, zodat veel kopers zich geroepen voelen om mee te bieden. Bij de kleinere stukken lukt dat ook vrij aardig, bij de duurdere liep het minder goed. 2 van de absolute topstukken bleven onverkocht: lot 47, een Yombe nagelbeeld geschat op 700.000 – 1.000.000 werd ingehouden op 420.000, en lot 70, een beroemde Songye figuur, veelvuldig tentoongesteld en gepubliceerd, geschat op 600.000 – 900.000, werd eveneens ingehouden op 460.000. Lot 67, een Songye beeld met een schatting van 1 – 1.500.000 werd wel verkocht voor 800.000 dollar.
Lot 308_Ngbandi
In deel 2 werden o.a. de collecties van de schilders Jan Krugier en van Mauricio en Emilia Lasansky. 135 van de 191 aangeboden stukken werden toegeslagen voor een totale som van 6 miljoen dollar. Het absolute topstuk werd lot 308, een grote (72 cm) Ngbandi voorouderfiguur, die bij een schatting van 200 – 300.000 werd afgehamerd op 755.000 dollar.
Lot 372_Fon
Heel speciaal was lot 372, een waarzeggersfiguur van een Fon priester, die gebruikt werd in de Fa cultus. Fa verwijst naar wijsheid en helderziendheid. De cultus is waarschijnlijk ontstaan in de 18-de eeuw, en naar het toenmalige Dahomey gebracht door de Yoruba. Er werd 305.000 dollar voor neergeteld.
Martin Lagrain
16-05-2014: African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art, including Property from the Krugier and Lasansky Collections, Sotheby’s, New York
Sotheby’s will offer our annual New York various owners auction of African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art on May 16. The sale will be led by a selection of important works from the private collection of the legendary modern art dealer Jan Krugier, celebrating the influence of African and Oceanic sculpture on modern European artists, and including three famous sculptures formerly in the private collection of Pablo Picasso. Further highlights will include an important Chokwe bird mask formerly in the collection of Carlo Monzino and selections of Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art.
16-05-2014: The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Pre-Columbian & American Indian Art – Volume Two, Sotheby’s, New York
Sotheby’s is delighted to announce the auction of the second (and last) volume of The Collection of Allan Stone on May 16 in New York. Following the success of Volume One, which was met with enthusiastic interest by an unprecedented number of art collectors from North and South America, Europe, and Asia in November 2013, Volume Two will feature a selection of African, Pre-Columbian, and American Indian Art of comparable quality, number and variety to the first offering.
The legendary contemporary art dealer Allan Stone acquired his first African artwork in 1955, and over the next 50 years built one of the most important private collections in the world of arts from primary cultures. Many of the works offered have been featured extensively in museum exhibitions and important publications. The collection is best known for its strong holdings of Songye Power Figures and Kongo Nail Power Figures from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and is the largest private collection in the world of these extremely rare works.