tribal/primitive/antique African art books

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BRUNEAF
CATALOGUE
2009
BRUSSELS NON EUROPEAN ART FAIR

sold on Ebay in 2009 5, 6, 11, 13 Euro, in 2010 9 Euro
available from the author of this WWW site 4 Euro

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Vente du Samedi 14 mars 2009
Art Tribal
Zemanek-Münster
Würzburg
has been online as catalogue163.pdf
http://www.tribal-art-auktion.de/downloads/results163.pdf

Catalogue prices: Germany 34 €, Europe 38 €, overseas 45 € (updated: 01/2008)

Cornette de Saint Cyr
Vente du Jeudi 2 avril 2009
Art Premiers
Lieu : Drouot Richelieu - Salle 9 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris

known for his popular books on life and culture in Africa: “Congo Kitabu”, “Pygmy

Kitabu” and “Animal Kitabu” (“Kitabu” means book in Swahili). In the 1970’s, Mr.

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Lempertz
Auktion 936
Tribal Art
25. April 2009
Brussel
http://www.lempertz-online.de/

sold before the auction 16 Euro
sold on Ebay in 2009 22 Euro

270 LOTS dont objets ancienne collection galerie afrique

sold on Ebay in 2009 12 Euro

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Massol
Collection d'un amateur
Paris - Hôtel Drouot
Mercredi 13 mai 2009 à 14 heures
Mossi staff
catalog has been available from http://www.massol-sa.com/ as ArtPremier130509 BD.pdf

sold on Ebay in 2009 9, 10, 11, 13, 17 Euro

Neumeister
le 14 mai à Munich
une vente d'art d'Afrique noire.
Parmi les pièces les plus significatives figurent une statue masculine du Luba-Kasai, un nkisi nkondi zoomorphe ainsi que plusieurs masques de la région de l'Ituri et du peuple songye.
Insgesamt Kategorie Afrikanische Kunst: 340 Lots. Das Auktionshaus befindet sich in München und gehört zu den renomiertesten Auktionshäusern Deutschlands, die Auktionen mit afrikanischer Kunst organisieren.

sold on Ebay in 2009 10 Euro

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Sotheby's
Catalogue: The Sculptor's Eye: African and Oceanic Art from The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation
SALE N08549
Auction Date Session 1 | 15 May 09, 10:00 AM
New York
2009
http://browse.sothebys.com/?&cat=1&event_id=29622&g=1&i=1&sale_id=N08549&nb=1&dp=Tribal
Publication Code: N08549

Sotheby's New York présente le 15 mai The Sculptor's Eye: African and Oceanic Art from The Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation: une vente comprenant de remarquables objets d'Afrique et de Nouvelle-Guinée. Parmi les 81 lots proposés aux amateurs figurent de nombreuses oeuvres d'Afrique occidentale et centrale. Le chef-d'oeuvre de cette vente est une magnifique statue Ngbaka représentant l'ancêtre mythique Seto. D'autres objets méritent également une mention à part, tels une rare figure féminine agenouillée, un reliquaire Fang-Mvaï et deux plaques en bronze du Bénin.

Sotheby’s two sales of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art brought a combined total of $10,582,129. The morning single-owner sale of The Sculptor’s Eye: African and Oceanic Art from the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation surpassed the high estimate to bring $4,888,316 (est. $3/4.4 million*).

The afternoon various owners sale, which also included Pre-Columbian Art, exceeded the low estimate to achieve $5,693,813 (est. $4.3/6.4 million) but clients where quite selective and bought only the best pieces leaving 32 % o the lots on the table, but paying 91% of the estimated value.

Jean Fritts, Worldwide Director of African and Oceanic Art, commented, “The African and Oceanic market is a vibrant one, and today it responded well to the works presented with a great depth of bidding from a wide range of clients. It is interesting to note that for the first time ever half of today’s top ten lots in the various owners sale were works of Oceanic art, which is a testament to the great quality of the works on offer in that section, particularly from the esteemed collection of John and Marsha Friede.”

Heinrich Schweizer, Director of African and Oceanic Art in New York, noted, “Today we saw that rare objects of great quality continue to inspire competitive bidding in the saleroom, evidenced by our strong sale total of $10.5 million for the day, which exceeds our total from a year ago of $10.1 million for a virtually identical number of lots. The Senufo kneeling female figure and the Ngbaka statue, both from the collection of the Renee and Chaim Gross Foundation, each more than doubled their high estimates. We were also particularly pleased with the sale of the Iriwáke figure which wiped out previously existing auction records and established a new record for sculpture from the Papuan Gulf region.”

Stacy Goodman, Senior Consultant, Pre-Columbian Art, said, “Today we saw many experienced buyers from other fields participating in our sale at a very sophisticated level, as well as serious activity from a number of public institutions. Great material with fresh provenance attracted active bidding from private, institutional and dealer clients alike. ”

Assembled from the 1930s through the 1960s, the collection of American sculptor Chaim Gross and his wife Renee was among the earliest collections of African art in the United States, and it has remained intact and largely unchanged since that time.

Six bidders competed for the sale’s star work, a Magnificent, Rare and Highly Important Ngbaka Statue Representing the Mythical Ancestor Sètò from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which doubled the high estimate to bring a world record price of $1,258,500 (lot 67, est. $400/600,000). The figure, which has been widely published and acclaimed as the best-known example of its kind, was purchased by Gross directly from legendary collector Frank Crowninshield and first exhibited in the 1937 Brooklyn Museum Exhibition African Negro Art from the Collection of Frank Crowninshield.

A Superb, Extremely Rare and Important Senufo Kneeling Female Figure from the Ivory Coast – possibly the only example of this unique iconography – soared to $758,500 after competition from three telephone bidders (lot 25, est. $250/350,000) and a Magnificent Soninke Hermaphrodite Figure from Mali dating to the 12th to 15th Centuries achieved $530,500 (lot 9, est. $400/600,000), a record for a Soninke figure at auction.

Strong prices were also seen for two Benin bronze plaques on offer, which both surpassed pre-sale estimates to bring $458,500 and $278,500 (lot 34, est. $200/300,000; lot 40 est. $150/250,000).

Price:
US Domestic: 48 USD
US Int'l: 58 USD
UK Domestic: 24 GBP
UK Int'l: 29 GBP

sold on Ebay in 2009 27, 28 Euro, in 2010 22 Euro

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Sotheby's
Catalogue: African, Oceanic & Pre-Columbian Art
SALE N08552
Auction Date Session 1 | 15 May 09, 2:00 PM
New York
http://browse.sothebys.com/?&cat=1&event_id=29446&g=1&i=1&sale_id=N08552
Le 15 mai, Sotheby's New York mettra également en vente 94 lots comprenant des objets de l'ouest du Mexique, d'Amérique centrale, du Congo, de Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée et d'ailleurs. Parmi les pièces les plus remarquables, une représentation du dieu Iriwáke de l'île Urama en Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, une sculpture féminine dogon et un reliquaire Fang-Betsi.

The afternoon session comprised a particularly strong offering of Oceanic art, led by a Magnificent, Extremely Rare and Important Figure of the God IRIWÁKE, from Papua New Guinea, which sold to a bidder in the room for $1,202,500 (lot 146, est. in excess of $1 million), establishing a record for sculpture from the Papuan Gulf region. The figure – one of only two known to exist – boasts a distinguished provenance, previously in the collection of Loed van Bussel and John Friede, and is one of the most famous works of art from the Papuan Gulf region. A Magnificent Torres Strait Drum carved from a single piece of wood in the shape of a whale shark surpassed its presale estimate to achieve $698,500 (lot 149, est. $300/500,000).

Also commanding a strong price was a Superb Iatmul, Parambei Subgroup, Janiform Spirit Figure House Post from Papua New Guinea, which jumped past its estimate to sell for $266,500 (lot 152, est. $100/150,000).

Top prices for African art were achieved by A Superb, Rare and Highly Important Fang-Betsi Reliquary Head from Gabon, which commanded $506,500 against an estimate of $200/300,000 (lot 170) and was purchased by an American institution. A Superb Tsonga of Nguni Snuff Tobacco Container from South Africa estimated at $6/9,000 leapt to $43,750, almost five times its high estimate (lot 172).

The Pre-Columbian offerings today were highlighted by an Important Nayarit Seated Couple in the Ixtlán del Rio Polychrome Style from the Protoclassic period, ca. 100 BC-AD 250, which sold for $314,500 (lot 116, est. $250/350,000), establishing a record price for a large-scale West Mexican couple. An incredibly Rare Veracruz Head with Cutaway Masks from the Veracruz/Possibly Puebla Region, ca. AD 700-1200 more than quadrupled its presale estimate to sell for $134,500 (lot 128, est. $20/30,000) and a vibrant green Teotihuacan Tecali Mask from the classic period, ca. AD 450-650 totaled $104,500 (lot 126, est. $70/90,000).

Publication Code: N08552

Price:
US Domestic: 38 USD
US Int'l: 48 USD
UK Domestic: 19 GBP
UK Int'l: 24 GBP

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Desbenoit Fierfort & Associés
Sale on Friday, 29th of May 2009
Primitive Art, African an Precolombian Art

Paris
Conditions of sale Contact the auctioneer
Drouot Richelieu - Salle 6 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris Exhibition : Jeudi 28 mai de 11h à 18h et vendredi 29 mai de 11h à 12h Informations : Téléphone pendant l'exposition : 01 48 00 20 06

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galerie yann ferrandin
Yann Ferrandin & Eugenia Bianco 5, rue Visconti 75006 PARIS
tél.: + 33 (0)1 43 26 08 37 fax: + 33 (0)1 46 33 44 05 |
yann.ferrandin@orange.fr eugenia.bianco@orange.fr
Editions YANN FERRANDIN SARL
Conception graphique : Trait d’Esprit
Crédits photographiques : Hughes Dubois
Coordination : Eugenia Bianco
Textes : Yann Ferrandin
Traduction : David Rosenthal
Catalogue publié à l’occasion de l’exposition «Kongo, art magique» Paris, juin-juillet 2009
Scénographie: Edouard Vatinel
Editions Yann Ferrandin sarl
ISBN 978-2-9534357-0-2
EAN 9782953435702

has been available online as pdf file from http://www.yannferrandin.com/catalogue-kongo.html

Congo Mythical Masks
03 - 07/06/2009
Salle des Beaux-Arts Pierre Bergé & Associés Grand Sablon 40
1000 BRUXELLES
120 pp.
hardcover book catalog
printed 500 copies only

for sale at the exhibition 100 Euro
available on Ebay 149 Euro

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Cornette de Saint Cyr
Sale on Monday, 08th of June 2009
Primitive Art, Far East

Paris
Hours : 14h Place : Drouot Richelieu - Salle 1 - 9, rue Drouot - 75009 Paris
Exhibition : Le 06/06 de 11h à 18h et e matin de la vente de 11h à 12h. Informations : Téléphone pendant l’exposition et la vente : + 33 (0)1 48 00 20 01

Département Arts primitifs Spécialiste directrice du département MARIE-HÉLÈNE GRINFEDER 46, avenue Kleber 75116 Paris Tél. : +33 (0)6 80 20 60 46 / Fax : +33 (0)1 45 53 08 25 Tél. : +33 (0)1 47 27 11 24 / Fax : +33 (0)1 45 53 45 24 ASSISTANTE JOANNA BERT Tél. : + 33 (0)1 47 27 11 24 - Fax : + 33 (0)1 45 53 45 24

Département Arts d’Extrême-Orient Contact CLAUDE CORRADO 19, rue de la Grange-Batelière - 75009 Paris Tél. : +33 (0)1 48 00 99 44 Fax : +33 (0)1 48 00 98 58

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Christie's
Art Africain et Océanien
Tuesday 16 June 2009
9 avenue Matignon 75008 , Paris
Tiv

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Sotheby's
Philippe Guimiot et Domitilla de Grunne Collection d'Art Premier

On 17 June 2009, Sotheby’s Paris will offer for sale the private collection of Philippe Guimiot and his wife Domitilla de Grunne. The 65 selected works from Africa, Oceania and South-East Asia include a number of masterpieces. While several have been shown in major international exhibitions – such as Africa: Art of a Continent (London 1995-96), Mains de Maîtres (Brussels 2001), and Utotombo (Brussels 1988) – many others have never before been seen in public. Philippe Guimiot was one of the greatest of all tribal art dealers, and the only one to have spent nearly fifteen years living in Africa, pursing his passionate interest in discovering different styles of tribal art and revealing them to the western world. Now, after ceasing his dealer's activity six years ago, he has decided to unveil his personal collection – formed over twenty years with his wife Domitilla de Grunne – to the public for the first time.

Among the collection’s numerous highlights is a large Urhobo female figure from Nigeria, 4ft6in (1.38m) tall, collected in situ by Philippe Guimiot in 1969 (estimate €300,000-500,000)*. The figure's monumentality derives from its size, magnificent carving and superbly dignified pose. Alongside the maternity figure in the Musée du Quai Branly, and the male figure in the Roger Vanthournout Collection (both also collected by Philippe Guimiot), it counts as one of the leading masterpieces of Urhobo art, which Philippe Guimiot brought to international attention in the early 1970s.

In 1972 Guimiot returned to Europe and settled in Brussels – the main centre for works of art from the former Belgian Congo, now (after a spell as Zaire) officially designated the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the collection's most outstanding Congo pieces from is a powerful Songye fetish figure, 2ft 10in (87cm) tall, collected in situ by Karen Plasmans (est. €300,000-450,000). The figure helped François Neyt identify the carving workshop in the Eki/Kalebwe region, with its characteristic hair arrangements involving four raised buns.

The grandeur of Oceanic art is thrillingly evoked by a superb Maori prow figure from New Zealand, 17in (44cm) tall, collected by Major-General Horatio Gordon Robley in 1864, and thought to date from the Te Puawaitanga period, i.e. before 1800 (est. €250,000-350,000). Equally impressive is a house post from Lake Sentani (Papua New Guinea), 6ft 11in (2.10m) tall, whose sinuous lines and subtle carving reflect the elegant mastery of the art of Lake Sentani (est. €150,000-250,000).

The collection's exquisite quality throughout, with each work exuding its own individual appeal, reflects Philippe Guimiot's "eye for the absolute." Emotional power, says Guimiot, is vital: "The emotion within a work is largely proportional to its degree of perfection in attaining the essential truths which sculpture seeks to express."

Lot Lot Name Price Session
1 1 STATUETTE/SOMMET DE CANNE, DOGON, MALI 7,500 2 TRÈS BEAU "COUPLE" DE STATUES, DOGON-TELLEM

, MALI 48,750 4 TRÈS BELLE MATERNITÉ, DOGON, MALI 46,350 5 PENDENTIF EN BRONZE, LOBI, BURKINA-FASO 3,750 7 EXTRAORDINAIRE STATUE, DOGON NIONGOM, MALI 36,750 8 MASQUE, DAN, CÔTE D'IVOIRE 29,550 9 MATERNITÉ, DOGON N'DULERI, MALI 34,350 10 TÊTE EN STÉATITE, NOMOLI , SIERRA LEONE 3,750 11 PENDENTIF EN IVOIRE, LOBI, BURKINA FASO 3,750 12 RARE CUILLER EN IVOIRE, GURUNSI OU NUNA, BURKINA-FASO 8,750 13 PEIGNE, ASHANTI, GHANA 6,875 14 MAILLET ET GONG, BAULÉ, CÔTE D'IVOIRE 13,750 15 TRÈS RARE STATUETTE DE FÉCONDITÉ AKWABA

, FANTI, GHANA 55,950 16 TROIS CLOCHES RITUELLES EN BRONZE, RÉGION DU BAS-NIGER, NIGERIA 12,500 21 STATUETTE, AFO, NIGERIA 7,500 22 MASQUE

, EKET, NIGERIA 19,950 23 FOURNEAU DE PIPE EN BRONZE, BAMILÉKÉ, RÉGION DES GRASSLANDS, CAMEROUN 5,000 24 SOMMET DE POTEAU DE VÉRANDA, YORUBA EKITI

, MAMBILA, CAMEROUN 6,250 29 TRÈS BELLE STATUE, FANG, CAMEROUN 138,750 30 SUPERBE MASQUE, FANG, GABON 120,750 33 IMPORTANTE STATUE, FANG, GABON 264,750 35 STATUETTE, SONGYE, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 36,750 36 STATUETTE, SONGYE

, LÉGA, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 53,550 38 EXCEPTIONNELLE STATUE, SONGYE, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 348,750 41 PENDENTIF EN IVOIRE, LUBA, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 27,150 45 STATUETTE, TÉKÉ, RÉPUBLIQUE POPULAIRE DU CONGO 16,250 46 COUPE CÉPHALOMORPHE

, KUBA, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 18,750 48 POUPÉE, LUBA, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE DU CONGO 5,000 49 PETIT MASQUE

, LÉGA, RÉPUBLIQUE DÉMOCRATIQUE CONGO 60,750 51 TABATIÈRE, TSHOKWE, ANGOLA 11,875 53 RARE ET MAGNIFIQUE MASQUE, TSHOKWE, ANGOLA 420,750 54 STATUETTE, WADOE-ZARAMO, TANZANIE 9,375 55 TRÈS BELLE CALEBASSE, ZARAMO, TANZANIE 12,500 58 TRÈS BELLE STATUE FUNÉRAIRE, JÖRAI, RÉGION DES HAUTS PLATEAUX (TAY N' GUYEN), VIETNAM 180,750 59 STATUETTE, LAC SENTANI, PROVINCE PAPUA, INDONÉSIE 12,500 62 SUPERBE STATUETTE MASCULINE, BAS RAMU, PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE-GUINÉE 60,750 63 MASQUE DE PIGNON, EMBOUCHURES DES FLEUVES RAMU ET SÉPIK, PAPOUASIE NOUVELLE-GUINÉE 30,750 64 STATUE ULI, AIRE MADAK, NORD DE LA NOUVELLE-IRLANDE 48,750

Price: US Domestic: 38 USD US Int'l: 48 USD UK Domestic: 24 GBP UK Int'l: 29 GBP
available on Ebay in 2009 14 Euro, 25, 30 $
sold on Ebay in 2010 29 Euro

VAN HAM Kunstauktionen, Schönhauser Straße
D - 50968 Köln
Catalogue Tribal Art
Auction-No. 279 8th June 2009
In Cooperation with

Expert Cedric Le Dauphin Extrême-Orient - Arts Primitifs 66 rue Condorcet | 75009 Paris | France Telefon + 33-1-42812205 | Telefax + 33-1-42812648Mobil +33-1-607829508 | E-Mail: c.ledauphin@wanadoo.fr

Kunsthandel Klefisch Ubierring 35 | 50678 Köln (Cologne), Germany Telefon +49-221-931213-0 | Telefax +49-221 · 931213-20 E-Mail: auctions@klefisch.com | Internet: www.klefisch.com
has been online http://katalog.van-ham.com/de/cmd/ahs/ah/9/auk/279/

available 10 Euro Germany, 15 Euro Europe, 20 Euro World

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WALU
Africa 10
Koller Auktionen
Hardturmstrasse 102, CH-8031 Zürich
20 June 2009 | 11:00 AM
Expert: Jean David
Galerie Walu, Zurich
Since 2003, Koller Auctions has been holding auctions of tribal art in close collaboration with Jean David, our chosen expert and owner of Galerie Walu in Zurich. Many important artists from the early 20th century, such as Picasso and Braque, E.L. Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti, Derain and Vlaminck, were inspired by sculptures from black Africa and owned collections themselves, some of them quite important.

html version has been available online from http://www.artauctions.ch/
African & Oceanic Art Auctions - Auction-Lots.htm
and from http://www.kollerauktionen.ch/

pdf version has been available online http://www.kollerauktionen.ch/shared/pdf/A149_w221_z26/Afrika10_1_84low.pdf

Maurice de VLAMINCK, CORNEILLE, Claude VÉRITÉ, Hubert GOLDET, Dr Pierre DANHAINE, Bernard et Bertrand BOTTET, FOURQUET, Patricia WITHOF - Paris, Dr DITENFASS, ROCKEFELLER - New York, LINDNER - Münich, Lucien Van de VELDE - Anvers

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Zemanek-Münster
Würzburg
sale on Saturday, 11th of July 2009
Tribal Art
Place : Hörleingasse 3-5 D-97070 Würzburg
Informations : Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au +49 931 17721
Bilingual catalogue English - German
has been available online as catalogue164.pdf and as html files

Catalogue prices: Germany 34 €, Europe 38 €, overseas 45 € (updated: 01/2008)

Beauty and Refinement
Dates : 8 Aug 09
Place : Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Suisse

Through May 16, 2010, the Museum der Kulturen will be showing an exhibition devoted to the art of weaving in West Africa. The textiles and clothing displayed, which come from Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, and Côte d’Ivoire, were collected by the museum in the 1970s in the course of an expedition sponsored by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Renée Boser-Sarivaxénavis, former curator of the African department, and Bernhard Gardi, the museum’s current curator, assembled nearly a thousand textiles and textile works during their sixteen months of travels.

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Leclere
5 rue Vincent Courdouan 13006 Marseille
Tel : 04 91 50 00 00 - Fax : 04 91 67 36 59
COLLECTION JEAN-MARCEL GARIADOR
3 oct 2009

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Neumeister
SCHÄTZE AUS AFRIKA, OZEANIEN, ASIEN UND PRÄKOLUMBIEN: AUKTION DER SAMMLUNG DR. KARL FERDINAND SCHÄDLER
Versteigerung Mittwoch 14. Oktober 2009 ab 19:00 Uhr Nr. 1001 bis 1173
Versteigerung Donnerstag 15. Oktober 2009 ab 9:30 Uhr Nr. 1174 bis 1471
Silent Auction Kat.Nr. 1500 bis 1663

Es ist für ihn so etwas wie ein Heimspiel: Am 14. Oktober abends und am 15. Oktober wird die rund 350 Objekte umfassende, breit gefächerte Sammlung des renommierten Afrika-Experten Dr. Karl-Ferdinand Schädler bei NEUMEISTER versteigert. Sie umfasst nicht nur afrikanische Spitzenobjekte, sondern auch bemerkenswerte Sammlungsstücke der ozeanischen, präkolumbischen und asiatischen Kunst. Dr. Schädler (79), bis vor kurzem Experte für primitive Kunst bei NEUMEISTER begann seine "Sammlerkarriere" während seines ersten Aufenthaltes in Afrika im Jahr 1964. Der promovierte Volkswirt und Ethnologe hat sich außerdem durch zahlreiche Fachbücher einen Namen gemacht; eben erst wurde die erweiterte englische Fassung seines vergriffenen deutschen Lexikons für afrikanische Kunst und Kultur veröffentlicht, die Encyclopedia of African Art and Culture.

online catalog with results http://www.globallot.com/kataloge.asp?inusernr=k102694
printed catalog in 2 volumes

Tribal Art Fair
Amsterdam
Over 2000 exclusive objects from Oceania, Africa, Indonesia, China, Japan, Tibet and Laos, will come together at what is TAF Amsterdam 2009. The exhibition comprises jewellery and sculptures, but also textiles, masks, implements and furniture. Special pieces from far-away countries. In the last weekend of October they are to be seen and purchased in Amsterdam, at the seventh edition of TAF Amsterdam.
29 October - 1 November
http://www.tribal-art-fair.nl/

Millon
Vendredi 6 Novembre 2009
Drouot Richelieu, salle 1
Vente Arts premiers, Art Amérindien Indivision de Messieurs M.

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Zemanek-Münster - Würzburg
Sale on 28 November 2009
African and oceanic tribal art from European private collections
Place : Hörleingasse 3-5 D-97070 Würzburg Informations : Pour tout renseignement, veuillez contacter la maison de ventes au +49 931 17721

has been available online as http://www.tribal-art-auktion.de/downloads/catalogue166.pdf

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Koller Auktionen
Hardturmstrasse 102
CH-8031 Zürich
Auction: 30 November 2009
Lot 101 - 202
Expert: Jean David
Galerie Walu, Zürich
Since 2003, Koller Auctions has been holding auctions of tribal art in close collaboration with Jean David, specialist and owner of Galerie Walu in Zurich. Many important artists from the early 20th century, such as Picasso and Braque, E.L. Kirchner and Alberto Giacometti, Derain and Vlaminck, were inspired by sculptures from black Africa and owned collections themselves, some of them quite important.

The collection of Ralph Bänziger will be presented in this December‘s Tribal Art auction at Koller. The Zurich architect had a sure eye for masterpieces from the Ivory Coast, in particular a monumental Senufo figure of a bird (lot 118) which, through its inclusion in numerous exhibitions and publications, can be counted among the most well-known sculptures in African art.

Among the works from other provenances, a Mali Bamana female figure made for the “Jo” society rituals is outstanding for its beauty and rarity (lot 138).

has been online http://www.kollerauktionen.ch/shared/pdf/A151_z27/Afrika11.pdf
sold on Ebay in 2010 18 Euro

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Gasser Audhy
arts premiers
auction
2009-12-02
VENTE DU 2 et du 6 DECEMBRE 2009

CATALOGUE SUR DEMANDE A L’ETUDE AU PRIX DE 20€ ET EN LIGNE
http://www.etudegasseraudhuy.fr/

Oliver Wick, Antje Denner
Bildgewaltig Afrika, Ozeanien und die Modern
Riehen
Verlag: Christoph Merian
2009
ISBN-10: 3856164758
ISBN-13: 978-3856164751
Größe und/oder Gewicht: 32,8 x 25,8 x 5,4 cm
(uniquement en allemand)
Remarquable catalogue destructuré, fait de grandes feuilles pliées et emboîtées.
Informations pratiques : Baselstrasse 101, CH-4125 Riehen/Bâle. Tél : + 41 (0)61 645 97 00.
Ouvert tous les jours de 10 h à 18 h et jusqu'à 20 h le mercredi.
Bâle, Fondation Beyeler, jusqu'au 24 mai 2009
http://www.latribunedelart.com/Expositions/Expositions_2009/Beyeler_Magie_Images_605.htm

De temps à autre, les arts dits premiers jettent leur pomme de discorde chez les critiques. Muets, sans histoire, dit-on, les fétiches mettent le feu aux esprits les moins sujets à l'embrasement. Étrange vertu. L'actuelle exposition de la fondation Beyeler n'échappe pas à la règle. Confrontant à l'art dit moderne, de Cézanne à Rothko, une centaine de pièces africaines et océaniennes, La Magie des images s'est attiré quelques volées de sarcasmes et de méchancetés que nous avons peine à nous expliquer. À lire les mécontents, la démonstration tournerait court, s'enlisant dans le comparatisme superficiel ou singeant la déco chic. Au regard du dialogue bâlois, certains de ses détracteurs invoquent l'hybridation fertile du grand Malraux à l'époque de La Métamorphose des dieux, fameux ou fumeux panthéon du génie universel. N'est-ce pas trop prêter à ce piètre penseur post-cubiste, pilleur d'idées et de temples ? Quitte à revenir aux Anciens, pour éclairer le présent, mieux vaut relire Bataille. Lui avait compris ce qui au cœur des sociétés policées relève encore de la violence et de l'érotisme, deux formes de l'interdit et du sacré, dont l'art est l'expression directe. Or il est évident que le rapport des Occidentaux à l'altérité primitive procède de cette communauté anthropologique qui vient à la conscience, précisément, sous la plume d'un Bataille ou d'un Caillois. Les gloseurs de « la plastique nègre » ont trop longtemps dissimulé sous leur formalisme, voire leur racisme non avoué, cette vérité. Elle devrait nous intéresser plus que les fameuses filiations stylistiques. Fallait-il réellement reprocher à Oliver Wick, le commissaire incriminé, de ne pas avoir refait l'exposition new yorkaise de Goldwater en 1961 ou celle de Rubin en 1984, si peu délestées encore de la philologie des sources et du discours des avant-gardes?

On imagine d'ici les toiles de Gauguin, Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Vlaminck et de Derain barbotant au milieu des tikis et des masques exotiques qui leur avaient appartenu. Bref, l'éteignoir. Au lieu de ces redites fatigantes, voilà une exposition superbe à l'œil, secouant l'esprit, et déroulant ses quatorze salles avec la même perfection de mise en scène, sous l'une des plus belles lumières qu'un musée puisse s'offrir. Que les moments de ce parcours n'aient pas tous une force égale, que l'alchimie n'opère pas constamment au même degré, on en conviendra. Mais n'est-ce pas au fond souhaitable ? Encore que ces réserves soient subjectives. Chaque visiteur, selon son histoire et ses connaissances, fera siens les œuvres et les rapprochements proposés. Car la règle déclarée tient plus de l'aléatoire, de l'étonnement, que de la prescription : « Les correspondances, en partie formelles, écrit Oliver Wick, ne doivent en aucun cas induire une conditionnalité mutuelle. Il s'agit en l'occurrence d'une expérience visuelle directe et, pour une fois, on ne s'occupera pas de savoir si les artistes occidentaux ont connu ou collectionné telle ou telle œuvre africaine ou océanienne. Ce sont la tension esthétique surtout et l'intensification des contrastes qui aiguisent la perception.

De cette puissance d'impact, il faut d'abord dire un mot. D'un côté, la crème de la collection Beyeler ; de l'autre, majoritaires en nombre, les pièces extra-européennes en provenance du musée des Cultures de Bâle et d'ailleurs. Les amateurs les plus exigeants en matière d'arts premiers ne seront pas déçus. De plus, les œuvres se voient en pleine clarté. La muséographie s'abstient en effet de la ritualisation désuète, genre train fantôme, qu'on s'obstine à appliquer aux idoles de l'autre monde. Peut-être notre préférence va-t-elle d'abord aux rencontres les plus dégagées des analogies visuelles et les plus aptes à faire remonter quelque détail, geste, indice inaperçu. Par exemple, si beau soit-il, le télescopage de Klee et de la sculpture polynésienne, dont le peintre voyageur avait assurément connaissance, nous a moins séduit que la salle où deux Cézanne mélancoliques se mêlent aux statues Sénufo, visages fermés et seins pointus, qui n'avaient jamais été réunies depuis l'exposition mentionnée de Goldwater. La question des codes par quoi l'image, occidentale ou non, est sexuellement marquée traverse l'exposition. Sensible dans la prédation chère au douanier Rousseau, elle éclate positivement dans la salle des papiers découpés de Matisse et des guides de chasse du fleuve Korewori. C'est peut-être moins l'absence de modelé qui frappe ici et là que le bleu intense dont le Français blasonne le corps de la femme étrangère, en écho lointain à ses nus algériens. On pourrait citer encore les reliquaires Fang et l'impressionnante Improvisation 10 de Kandinsky, d'une commune verticalité. Du choc de leur rapprochement surgit la sacralité qu'ils partagent en dehors de toute proximité ethnologique. Le visiteur pourra même se surprendre à tricoter ensemble les productions occidentales, comme on aime le faire sous nos cieux. La Femme en vert que Picasso signa en 1944 rêvait de Mme Cézanne. La libération rendait le sourire.

Die zur Ausstellung in der Fondation Beyeler erscheinende Publikation zeigt eine erlesene Auswahl von Kunstwerken aus Afrika und Ozeanien, die in einer bildgewaltigen Präsentation Gemälden der klassischen Moderne gegenübergestellt wird. In der Begegnung mit der modernen Kunst stellen die aussereuropäischen Werke den ihnen eigenen Kunstcharakter zur Diskussion und veranschaulichen ihren unverwechselbaren Beitrag zur Weltgeschichte der Kunst. Zugleich vermag die Ausstellung einen Gründungsgedanken der Beyeler-Stiftung aufzugreifen. So gesellen sich etwa Skulpturen der Fang und der Senufo in grossen Gruppen zu einzelnen Bildern von Cezanne und Kandinsky oder begegnen Ahnenbildnisse der Mundugumor Neuguineas der Malerei Picassos. Auch Werke von Matisse, Mondrian und Rothko dienen der Gegenüberstellung. Was auf den ersten Blick als formale Entsprechungen bestimmter Grundtypen verstanden werden könnte, entpuppt sich zugleich als Ausdruck unterschiedlicher Bildwelten und Sehgewohnheiten. Die bibliophile Publikation besteht aus 16 grossformatigen Faltbögen mit zahlreichen Farbabbildungen und einer Begleitbroschur, die in einer Buchbox eingelegt sind. Verschiedene Texte renommierter Wissenschaftler bieten zudem einen Einblick in dieses komplexe Themenfeld.

For the first time, works of art from Africa and Oceania will form the nucleus of a Fondation Beyeler exhibition. Based on the extra-European highlights in the Beyeler Collection, supplemented by over 180 loans, a selection of six types of sculpture from Africa and ten from Oceania are on view. Grouped in the foyer and a sequence of six each rooms, these works confront individual paintings and a few sculptures of classical modernism.

It is not clear when exactly Ernst Beyeler began to collect African and Oceanian works of art. Occasional exhibitions at his gallery on Bäumleingasse in Basel were already devoted to the theme in the 1950s. The first selected world-class works apparently entered the collection in the early 1970s. As the records indicate, these included the ancestor sculpture from the Yuat River, the large uli figure, and the Nail Man. Following the epoch-making exhibition, “‛Primitivism’ in 20th Century Art,” curated by William Rubin in 1984 for the Museum of Modern Art, New York, further outstanding acquisitions were made. The experience of the first comprehensive showing of the Beyeler Collection in Madrid in 1989 lent increasingly concrete form to the idea of presenting the art of other cultures and European modernism on a basis of equality, until it finally became a fundamental concern of the future museum.

The purposeful predominance of African and Oceanian works and their compelling sculptural presence in the exhibition leads to a reversal of perspective. The classical modern paintings accompany extra-European works of the highest quality and universal meaning with aesthetic immediacy. A key curatorial intention is to convey to viewers the artistic force and visual impact of these works. Diverse forms of representation combine and mutually heighten each other in an exciting way, explaining why people from all walks of life around the world – especially artists and collectors – find such works of art unfailingly compelling.

Our selection of ethnographic art focuses on the motif of the human figure. Western modernism provides individual counterpoints, to form a visual horizon underscored by the presence of sculpture. For instance, reliquary figures of the Fang are confronted with Kandinsky’s Improvisation 10, and Senufo sculptures from West Africa meet portraits by Cézanne. Mighty ancestor figures of the Mundugumor of New Guinea are juxtaposed with Picasso’s Seated Women of the 1930s and early 1940s, and the seemingly almost abstract figures from the Nukuoro Atoll in Micronesia with a painting by Rousseau and Brancusi’s Bird sculpture. West African masks enter a dialogue with van Gogh landscapes from the year of his death, and Miró’s painterly textures reply to the rich, encrusted patina of sculptures from the Dogon region. Especially fascinating encounters are those between Mondrian’s space-evoking paintings and malagan carvings from New Ireland, and Mark Rothko’s works masks from Torres Strait and a feather portrait from Hawaii. Also on view from Africa are Mumuye sculptures from Nigeria and sculptures from the Congo region. Further Oceanian exhibits stem from the Korewori River in New Guinea, Vanuatu, and the Polynesian archipelago. These are juxtaposed with paintings and sculptures by Monet, van Gogh, Braque, Klee, Matisse, Léger, Giacometti and Arp.

What on first sight might appear to be formal correspondences or variations on certain basic motifs, turn out on closer scrutiny to reflect different content, visual worlds, and habits of perception. Links become evident in the visual presence and immediate proximity of the exhibits. The presentation purposely aims at providing surprising, if open-ended, juxtapositions and constellations of a kind never before seen in this form. This gives rise to an exciting dialogue, giving evidence of the inimitable contribution of Africa and Oceania to the history of world art.

Among the highlights, from an ethnological point of view, are groups of works that have rarely if ever been exhibited before. These include Senufo figures from the Sikasso region, works of outstanding quality brought together here for the first time since Robert Goldwater’s 1961 exhibition at the Museum of Primitive Art, New York. Fine examples of Fang reliquary figures and Mumuye ritual sculptures are also included. For the first time since the travels of Stanislaus Kubary to the Nukuoro Atoll, undertaken in 1873 and 1877 on behalf of the Godeffroy trading company in Hamburg, a comparatively large group of the rare tino-aitu statuettes is united here. In addition to several smaller figures, some never before shown, two monumental cultic statues are on view. For this occasion, the Ethnological Museum Berlin has kindly agreed to lend the statue of the god Sope to Basel. Also worthy of special mention are the two winged malagan fish from New Ireland, executed in 1928, which are exceptional for the fact that their carver and patron are known by name. These, too, are on view for the first time ever in a museum exhibition.

In the context of our own collection, the uli group is remarkable, especially the three sculptures which formerly belonged to the Linden Museum, Stuttgart. Equally intriguing are a very rare feather portrait from Hawaii (Ethnological Collection, University of Göttingen) and the spectacular mask from Torres Strait (Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva). The latter is presented in a small group that includes a mask from Picasso’s collection. The list would not be complete without a rare tiki from the Marquesas Islands, still in a private collection, and the culture heroes and two flute figures from the Yuat River, world-class works from the Museum der Kulturen, Basel.

The approximately 50 works on loan from around the world – apart from the many carvings from private collections, seldom or never before shown – stem from the Museum der Kulturen, Basel, the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, and the Museum Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, to give our main partners pride of mention. Further lenders are the Africa Museum, Berg en Daal; Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leyden; Musée d’Histoire Naturelle et d’Ethnographie, Colmar; Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin; Museum für Thüringer Volkskunde, Erfurt; Museum Folkwang, Essen; Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum, Cologne; Skulpturensammlung im Hofberg, Landshut; Museum für Völkerkunde, Munich; Linden-Museum, Stuttgart; Ethnologische Sammlung der Universität Göttingen; Kunstmuseum Solothurn; Völkerkundemuseum der Universität Zürich; Museum für Völkerkunde, Vienna; Museum of World Culture, Göteburg; The Huntarian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow; The Menil Collection, Houston. Collection of Madame Alain de Monbrison, Paris; Bernard de Grunne, Brussels; W. and U. Horstmann; Edward and Mina Smith; Jane and Gerald Katcher Collection; Robert T. Wall Family; Museum für Völkerkunde, Hamburg, et al. The exhibition is curated by Oliver Wick with the assistance of Antje Denner and Adriaan Blom. It will be accompanied by a catalogue in the form of a book object, which, in analogy to Marcel Duchamp’s Boîte en valise, might be described as a Livre en boîte. A brochure will contain a conversation on the exhibition theme, edited by Antje Denner, among Gottfried Boehm, Lorenz Homberger, Christian Kaufmann, Guido Magnaguagno, Anna Schmid, Claus Volkenandt, Antje Denner, and Oliver Wick. It will also include a foreword by Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller and an introduction to the exhibition by Oliver Wick. Seventeen loose-leaf folded sheets will be devoted to the rooms and groups of African and Oceanian works, providing a synoptic overview of the sculpture groups and describing their interaction with the paintings and sculptures of classical modernism. Each group of objects will be introduced and commented upon in scholarly form by competent authors. The entire publication is presented in a fine, bibliophilic slipcase.

The following authors and titles (given here in translation from the German) are to appear in the catalogue: Christian Kaufmann, “Spirit Crocodile: Ritual Object and Image of a World Order”; Raymond Ammann, “Rank, Sound, and Name on Ambrym”; Alexandra Wessel, “Male and Female Jewelry among the Abelam”; Marc Coulibaly, “The Multifarious Being of the Mask”; Till Förster, “Dogele and poro piibele: Companions from Life in the Village of the Dead”; Stefan Eisenhofer, “The Fascination of Form: Sculptures of the Fang”; Bernhard Gardi, “Nail Figures as Mediators”; Adriaan and Huib Blom, “Change, Continuity and Stylistic Variety”; Christine Stelzig, “Masterpieces of Sculptural Form: Figures of the Mumuye”; Michaela Appel, “Metaphors for Origins and Ancestry”; Ulrich Menter, “Human Images from the Marquesas”; Michael and Catherine Orliac, “Paddles that are Not Paddles – Ritual Objects from Easter Island”; Hilke Thode-Arora, “Deified Ancestors and Clan Divinities in their Context”; Bernard de Grunne, “Forme pur: On the Corpus of the God Statues of Nukuoro”; Christian Kaufmann, “Mediating Functions in the Art of the Yimam and Injai-Ewa”; Antje Denner, “ ‛Beautiful Enough to Die For’ - Art that Links the Living and the Dead”; Ingrid Heermann, “Powerfully Maternal – Two Principles in One Image”; Ulrich Menter, “The Face of the War God Kü”; Anita Herle, “Precious Materials, Compelling Appearance”; Christian Kaufmann, “Clan Heroes and Sons of the Crocodile.”

The catalogue format is 24.5 x 30.5 cm, Munken Print White, 115 g/sq. m., FSC certified; the slipcase in grey bookbinder’s board, 2 mm, silkscreen. It comprises 17 plates on 16 each pages with 330 illustrations, approx. 230 in full color; the text brochure comprises 48 pages.

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Bouttiaux, Anne-Marie
Persona. Masks of Africa: Identities hidden and revealed.
Milan
5 CONTINENTS
2009
304 pp.
ISBN: 8874395132
ISBN 13: 9788874395132
Covering images of exceptional African masks alongside contemporary African art, this beautifully designed and powerful book presents original look at the role of the mask in African culture. Based on an exhibition of 180 masks - more than 100 from the outstanding collection at the Royal Museum for Central Africa in Tervuren, Belgium - and works by contemporary African artists, this extraordinary book offers a new interpretation of the mask as the universal object that both hides and reveals. Beautifully designed, "Persona" presents masks organized by their usage, the dances, and rituals they serve and the belief system they display. The contemporary works, selected for their artistry, formal boldness, and intrinsic messages, arouse a similar aesthetic response, but serve a different function from the ritual masks. This stunningly illustrated and engaging book explores both the real and emblematic roles of the mask, as objects which are 'devitalized' when placed in museums but which nevertheless prompt questions of identity, self-esteem, and conceptions of the other in Western society.

Anne-Marie Bouttiaux is Head Curator of the Ethnographic Section of the Royal Museum of Central Africa of Tervuren, Belgium. She is also Editor of the "Visions of Africa" series published by 5 Continents Editions.

available in 2009 32, 36, 40, 41, 42 Euro, or 30 % off at www.pickabook.co.uk

Geschreven door Anne-Marie Bouttiaux, commissaris van de tentoonstelling, met een tekst door Roger Pierre Turine.
Persona. Afrikaanse Maskers : Rituele maskers en hedendaagse kunst
Publisher: [IT] 5 CONTINENTS
Africamuseum, Tervuren Expo: 24/4/2009 - 3/1/2010
272 p.
300x240mm
250 col. & b/w ill. Dutch (NL) edition
ISBN-10: 9788874395149 ISBN-13: 9788874395149
PERSONA. Maskers: verborgen en ontsluierde identiteiten (werktitel)
In het voorjaar van 2009 opent in het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika een grote tentoonstelling die de uitzonderlijke verzameling rituele maskers van het museum op een originele manier aan het publiek zal tonen.
Honderd maskers uit de wereldberoemde eigen collectie, aangevuld met een dertigtal afkomstig uit andere Europese musea en privé-verzamelingen zullen getoond worden in confrontatie met enkele hedendaagse kunstwerken en installaties van Afrikaanse kunstenaars.
Zowel bij de traditionele maskers als bij de hedendaagse kunstwerken wordt gespeeld met de idee van ‘identiteit’.
Tijdelijke tentoonstelling in het KMMA.
Van 24 april 2009 tot 3 januari 2010.

Persona. Rituele maskers en hedendaagse kunst is een tijdelijke tentoonstelling met als centraal thema identiteit dat verkend wordt aan de hand van het masker in letterlijke en figuurlijke zin.
In het Latijn betekent persona ‘theatermasker’, maar in zeer algemene zin verwijst de term naar het masker dat elk individu draagt om te beantwoorden aan de eisen van het leven in de maatschappij. (Encyclopædia Universalis)

Synopsis In het voorjaar van 2009 opent in het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika een grote tentoonstelling die de uitzonderlijke verzameling rituele maskers van het museum op een originele manier aan het publiek zal tonen. Honderd maskers uit de wereldberoemde eigen collectie, aangevuld met een dertigtal afkomstig uit andere Europese musea en privé-verzamelingen zullen getoond worden in confrontatie met enkele hedendaagse kunstwerken en installaties van Afrikaanse kunstenaars. Zowel bij de traditionele maskers als bij de hedendaagse kunstwerken wordt gespeeld met de idee van 'identiteit'.

Deze tentoonstelling zet 180 maskers in de kijker. Meer dan 100 exemplaren komen uit de collecties van het Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika. Daarnaast werden een aantal maskers geleend uit Belgische privécollecties en 4 partnermusea van een Europees project: het Musée du quai Branly in Parijs, het Museum voor Etnografie van Stockholm, het Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico "Luigi Pigorini" te Rome en het Musée du Carnaval et du Masque van Binche.

Temidden van deze rituele maskers worden hedendaagse werken geplaatst van Afrikaanse kunstenaars en de Afrikaanse diaspora. Ze gaan de dialoog aan met de maskers en roepen vragen op rond identiteit, zelfrespect en het beeld over de Andere.

Persona. Rituele maskers en hedendaagse kunst kadert in het Europese READ-ME project (Réseau européen des Associations de Diasporas & Musées d’Ethnographie). Dit project heeft als doel een dialoog te bevorderen tussen de musea en de verschillende diasporaleden die zich in Europa gevestigd hebben en op wie de collecties in de musea betrekking hebben.

Een masker kan ‘identiteiten’ verbergen en onthullen.
Het traditionele masker zoals het gebruikt wordt tijdens Afrikaanse ceremonies en feesten, verwijst nooit alleen naar het houten gezicht dat het gelaat van de drager bedekt, maar eerder naar de entiteit die tot leven wordt gebracht, met zijn eigen manier van dansen en bewegen. De maskerdrager verandert in een andere persoon, in een godheid of geest, soms zelfs in een dier.

De 180 maskers in deze tentoonstelling worden op een originele manier voorgesteld en zijn onderverdeeld in 18 thema’s. Ze belichten de historiek van de collectie maskers, de rol van het masker bij het communiceren met het bovennatuurlijke, bij de oogst, bij een initiatieritueel, begrafenisceremonie enz.

Enkele van de thema’s die in de tentoonstelling aan bod komen:

De maskers worden aangevuld met werk van 14 hedendaagse kunstenaars:
Sammy Baloji, Moustapha Dimé, Romuald Hazoumé, El Loko, Angèle Etoundi Essamba, Abdoulaye Konaté, Ndary Lô, Aimé Mpane, Aimé Ntakiyica, Yinka Shonibare, Barthélémy Toguo, Freddy Tsimba, Antoine Tempé en Dominique Zinkpé.
Deze werken roepen vragen op over identiteit, zelfrespect en het beeld over de Andere.

Uitgegeven door het KMMA en 5 Continents Editions
Beschikbaar in het Nederlands, Frans en Engels
ISBN
978-88-7439-514-9 (NL)
978-88-7439-512-5 (FR)
978-88-7439-513-2 (EN)

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Parcours des mondes
LE SALON INTERNATIONAL DES ARTS PREMIERS
Catalogue
Paris
October 2009
30 / 23 cm

60 photo coul. : 38 objets d'Afrique, 17 objets d'Océanie, 10 objets d'Amérique & sud Asiatique

The central role of both the city and the fair in the tribal-art market cannot be overestimated. Buyers and sellers of African, Oceanic, pre-Columbian, Native American and Aboriginal flock here; the auction houses have moved their major tribal art sales to Paris; and many specialist dealers have either relocated to the city or opened second galleries here. Paris is home to the world's greatest museum devoted to tribal art, the Musee du Quai Branly. This summer the Musee Jacquemart Andre hosted 'Afrique Oceanie', an exhibition celebrating the centenary of the Barbier-Mueller Collection of tribal art in Geneva, begun by Josef Mueller. The Barbier-Mueller's director is Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, a major collector himself and also honorary president of the Parcours des Mondes 2008.

Over 60 exhibitors--the largest number yet--show in what dealer Joshua Dimonstein describes as the 'TEFAF for tribal art'. Unlike the Maastricht fair, however, the dealers are not gathered under one roof but show in their own or--since roughly half the exhibitors come from outside France--occupy their fellow dealers' galleries, which cluster in the St Germain des Pres neighbourhood. This lends the event a festive atmosphere, claims Dimonstein, and provides, in his words, a 'good opportunity to develop a relationship' with collectors and other dealers. Although some sites are inevitably more central than others, 'serious buyers will make sure they get to everything', he says.

The dealers are also waiting with interest to see how the fair turns out in its first year under new management. Tribal Arts Management, based in Brussels, has taken over the organisation of the event, and have, for the first time since it began in 2001, introduced a vetting and ethics committee. This has met with a mixed response from the dealers. Most agree that vetting is necessary to guarantee authenticity, but they also point out that the previous process of 'self-vetting' worked because it relied upon the impeccable reputations of those invited to show. In his 'Word from the Chairman', published on the fair's website, Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller touches on the need to maintain the good name of tribal-art dealing and to expunge any remaining 'black sheep' from the market. Parcours des Mondes, however, is so highly regarded that, as Bruce Frank of us-based Bruce Frank Primitive Art remarks, 'dealers must show pieces that are without question of authenticity. It's an intimate fair, people talk, and besides all [collectors'] eves are on them.'

available in 2009 in Paris during the event 6 Euro
sold on Ebay in 2009 17 Euro

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Elena Martínez-Jacquet (sous la direction de), avec la collaboration de Bérénice Geoffroy-Schneiter
Regards de marchands. La passion des arts premiers
Exposition (Monnaie de Paris – 09 septembre / 18 octobre 2009)
Editeur : Primedia (Belgique)
290 pp.
192 pages
25 x 30 cm
160 illustrations
Isbn : 9782960039061
announcement has been available online http://www.monnaiedeparis.fr/images/expo/pdf/DP%20ArtsPremiers.pdf
Ce catalogue de l’exposition organisée par le principal salon international consacré aux arts premiers, Parcours des mondes, à la Monnaie de Paris nous emmène à la découverte des principaux marchands d’arts premiers à travers le monde. Y sont présentées des pièces vendues par ces marchands au cours de leur carrière, désormais en mains privées et pour la plupart inédites. Cette remarquable iconographie et des entretiens inédits avec Hélène Leloup et le collectionneur Guy Porré viennent compléter des biographies exclusives de quelque 60 marchands internationaux, révélant ainsi non seulement la grande diversité de profils rencontrés dans cette profession méconnue mais également le rôle fondamental de découvreur et de passeur de ces personnalités passionnées.

Un thème fort préside au Parcours des mondes 2009, qui se déroulera sous l’égide de la figure du marchand : découvreur, pédagogue, passionné, expert, le marchand est l’intermédiaire qui guide l’amateur débutant tout comme le collectionneur averti et enrichit les collections privées et publiques, en proposant des pièces de qualité mais aussi en exerçant son rôle d’expert.
Une grande exposition sera organisée par Parcours des mondes à la Monnaie de Paris. Intitulée Regards de marchands. La passion des arts premiers, elle mettra en valeur cette figure majeure à travers une sélection des plus belles pièces vendues par les exposants du Parcours au cours de leur carrière. Elle ouvrira ses portes le 9 septembre en même temps que le Parcours, et accueillera le public jusqu’au 18 octobre.

softcover retail price 45 Euro

hardcover retail price 200 Euro

Artistes d'Abomey
Dates : 10 Nov 09 to 31 Jan 10
Place : Musée du quai Branly Paris , France
Event type :Exhibition
A new exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly presents, through eighty-two artifacts and eight graphic documents, the artistic world of the kingdom of Dahomey (1600–1894), located in present-day Benin.
The show not only highlights the formal genius of Dahomey artists, but also examines their role and significance within the larger Dahomey culture, especially within the capitol of Abomey.
Boasting a remarkable level of detail in its focus on the attribution of each type of object presented to individual artists and families of artists, the exhibition is the product of meticulous curatorial work that represents a major feat on the part of the event's research team.

catalog available in 2009 35 Euro

The Head - The Sculpted Image in Tribal Art
Dates : 28 Nov 09 to 19 Dec 09
Place : Galerie Alain Bovis Paris,France
Event type : Exhibition
Topic :Tribal art

Beginning November 28, Galerie Alain Bovis will present a special exhibition on the theme of the head, seen in many cultures as the seat of human consciousness, knowledge, and spiritual wisdom.
Entitled La tête - Image sculptée à travers les arts premiers (The Head - The Sculpted Image in Tribal Art), the sale exhibition will present an array of traditional carvings and sculptures from a variety of tribal cultures.

Enchères Rive Gauche will present the ethnographic art collections of Armand Charles and Léon Fouks
December 2
Drouot Richelieu 9, rue Drouot
75009 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)1 43 26 17 15

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Sotheby's
African & Oceanic Art
Catalogue
Dec. 3, 2009
Sale: PF9018
The Paris auction of 3rd December presents a highly curated sale of sculpture from across Africa and the Pacific, including selections from several European and American private collection. Amongst the masterpieces is the highly important Dogon Figure (15th - 17th century). In a highly unusual story, the two halves of the figure were separated in the 1950s, having been sold by the Paris dealer, Pierre Verite. The two sections were reunited only in the last year.
A masterpiece of the highest aesthetic perfection is the Bamana mask, with a perfectly ordered rhythm of the volumes, presented at the MoMA in 1984 in the landmark exhibition "Primitivism in 20th Century Art", displayed along with works by Max Ernst.
From the Pacific, the selection is one of the strongest ever presented at auction in Paris, including sixteen exceptionally rare work of art from New Guinea from The Marcia and John Friede Collection (New York).
Dogon, Lobi, Baule,Dan, Bidjogo, Bete, Yaure, Ekoi, Tellem, Guro, Bobo, Bamana, Mumuye, Jukun, Basa-Nge, Wurkum, Keaka, Igbo, Yoruba, Eket, Benin, Kom, Grassland, Bafo, Bamileke, Namji, Wum, Tsogho, Fang, Punu, Kota, Mahongwe, Bembe, Teke, Lega, Yombe, Luba , Kongo, Zande, Kuba, Songye, Banda, Nyamwezi, Mahafaly, Zulu, Tsonga, Nguni, Oromo, Arussi,Aboriginal, Vanuatu, Kanak, Hawaii, Marquesas, Maori, Salomon islands, Neu-Irland, Ramu, Iatmul, Korewori, Papua Neu Guinea, Sepik, Malangan, Nias, Nicobaren, Mengen, Irian Jaya, Massim

http://catalogue.sothebys.com/events/PF9018
http://catalogue.sothebys.com/auctions/PF9018/pdf_lowres/PF9018-catalogue.pdf

sold on Ebay in 2009 25 Euro, in 2010 37 Euro

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Christie's
Art Africain : Collection d'un Amateur
Friday 4 December 2009 9 avenue Matignon 75008 Paris

Une figure d'ancêtre royal masculin Bangwa du Cameroun s'est vendue aux enchères à Paris 1.017.000 euros avec les frais, tandis qu'un masque Songye (RD du Congo) a atteint 793.000 euros, a annoncé vendredi la maison Christie's. La figure camerounaise "est généralement considérée comme le compagnon de la célèbre Reine Bangwa ayant appartenue à Helena Rubinstein et aujourd'hui dans les collections du Musée Dapper à Paris", précise Christie's.

Le masque Songye a pour sa part "multiplié par 4 son estimation haute" lors de deux ventes d'art africain et océanien qui ont totalisé près de 3,3 millions d'euros, indique encore la maison de ventes. "Les résultats soulignent la participation de nombreux collectionneurs privés, de retour dans un marché à la fois confiant et sélectif. On compte 68% d'acheteurs européens et 27% d'américains", selon le communiqué de Christies.

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Drouot Montaigne SVV CASTOR-HARA
Art tribal...
04/12/2009
An auction with the pre-columbian collection of Karl Anton Bleyleben and other African and oceanic pieces of interest.
« Un petit catalogue pour de grands objets »
has been avsilable from http://www.origineexpert.com/upload/fichiers/10164240734b02b84426035.pdf

A F R I C A N I C O N S - GREAT ANCESTRAL SCULPTURES
5th Dec to 22th Dec. 2009
Via dei Banchi Nuovi, 22 ROMA
Tel 06 68301748
info@africanheritage.eu

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Pierre Bergé & associés = PBA auctions
en association avec Artcurial
Bruxelles
Mercredi 9 déc. 2009 à 19h00

ARTS PREMIERS Ivoires africains
E-mail - contact@pba-auctions.com Tel. +33 (0)1 49 49 90 00 Tél. : +32 (2) 504 80 00

PENDE Collection JM Desaive et Ch. Laeremans
Brussels
2009
28 x 22 cm
64 p.
profusely ill. in colour with superb photographs of Paul Louis.
Softcover
papier glacé- photos couleurs- texte français/anglais

Au travers d'une collection privée, il s'agit d'un tour d'horizon de l'art Pende, statues, masques, objets divers...

Privately published in a limited number of copies by Galerie Philippe et Lisa Laeremans to accompany the exhibition held in their gallery from march 20 to april 5.
Outstanding items exhibited : masks, figures, and other few documented material.

All these years Philippe Laeremans knew his sister's husband was collecting Pende African Art, but he never saw his collection, until the day Philippe came to the idea to present on a regular base private collections in his new gallery in the rue des Minimes 27.
http://www.laeremans.eu/en/accueil.html

sold on Ebay in 2009 15, 17, 19, 20, 22, 33 Euro
available on Ebay in 2009 12 Euro
available in 2009 12, 14, 20 Euro

L’Afrique en Noir & Blanc
Du fleuve Niger au golfe de Guinée (1887-1892) Louis Gustave BINGER « explorateur »

Cette exposition historique, artistique et ethnologique fait découvrir l’action et l’œuvre de cet explorateur humaniste, ainsi que l’art et le quotidien des ethnies qui l’accueillirent dès sa première expédition, de 1887 à 1889.

Clichés, sculptures, conférences, tel un ouvrage scientifique, cette exposition est une source de connaissance exceptionnelle.
Du 03/05/2009 au 20/09/2009 Inauguration le 03/05/2009
Musée d'art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq
Lieu Musée d'art et d'histoire Louis Senlecq, 31 Grande Rue, à Isle-Adam
Une exposition nourrie des expéditions de Louis Gustave Binger (Strasbourg, 1856 - L’I sle-Adam,1936) au temps de l’Afrique précoloniale : « L’Afrique en Noir & Blanc ».
Cette exposition historique, artistique et ethnologique fait découvrir l’action et l’oeuvre de cet explorateur humaniste, ainsi que l’art et le quotidien des ethnies qui l’accueillirent dès sa première expédition, de 1887 à 1889, du Niger au golfe de Guinée. « L’Afrique en Noir & Blanc » présente de nombreux clichés originaux et inédits du reporter Marcel Monnier (1853-1918), ainsi qu’une centaine d’oeuvres provenant à la fois du Musée du Quai Branly et d’une trentaine de collections privées et publiques. L’exposition est complétée par un catalogue (Editions Somogy) conçu comme un véritable ouvrage scientifique.
http://musee.ville-isle-adam.fr/pdf/cp_binger.pdf

Julien Bosc und Floros Katsouros
Tyohepte Pale - ein Lobi-Schnitzer
2009 ?
96 pages

Tyohepte Pale (1915 – 2001) ist der Lobischnitzer und Wahrsager, der mit 21 Figuren (seinem Originaleschrein), in der ständigen Ausstellung des Musée du quai Branly in Paris seinen Platz gefunden hat. Der französische Ethnologe und Schriftsteller Julien Bosc hat Tyohepte Pale von 1995 bis 2001 mehrfach und über längere Zeit besucht und sein Leben und Werk aufgezeichnet. Julien Bosc hat den ersten Teil dieses Buches, bestehend aus einer kurzen Biographie mit dem Schwerpunkt der Schnitztechnik Tyohepte Pales und Momenten ihrer Entstehung, verfasst. Feldphotos von Tyohepte Pale und seiner Umgebung von Julien Bosc aufgenommen, begleiten den Text. Im zweiten Teil kommentiert und präsentiert Floros Katsouros charakteristische Figuren Tyohepte Pales aus verschiedenen europäischen und amerikanischen Sammlungen. Zum ersten Male wird ein Lobischnitzer so ausführlich vorgestellt.

Farbige Ausgabe. Dreisprachig: Französisch, Deutsch, Englisch 96 Seiten, 103 Fotos

Tyohepte Pale (1915-2001) is a Lobi sculptor and soothsayer. 21 of his sculptures (from his original shrine) are part of the permanent exhibition in the Musée du quai Branly in Paris. The French ethnologist and author Julien Bosc has visited Tyohepte Pale several times over the period of 1995 to 2001 and documented his life and work. In the first part of the book, Julien Bosc has written a short biography with a focus on his carving style. Field photos of Tyohepte Pale and his environment are acoompanying the text. In the second part of the book, typical statues from European and American collections are presented and commented by Floros Katsouros. This is the first time that a Lobi sculpturer is documented in such depth and detail.

Languages: French, German, English 96 pages, 103 photos

available on Ebay in 2009 37 Euro

Text by Floriane Morin & Boris Wastiau
African Terra Cotta: Barbier-Mueller Museum
Milan
5 Continents
2008 2009 ?
Hardcover
ISBN 887439487X
ISBN-13 9788874394876
4to.
464 S.
mit farb. Abb.
Presents nearly 200 ancient and modern African terracotta objects, many of which from cultures that have disappeared over the centuries.

Terra cotta is not just used for domestic containers. It can take on an infinite number of forms, as a result of the ductility of clay and the extraordinary imagination of its shapers. Often the receptacle is disguised with anthropomorphic features; sometimes the clay takes the form of a human being, imitates a face, becomes a portrait. The wet hands of the potters tame the earth, and gently transform it, creating curves that are made permanent by the heat of the flames.

This book features African terra cotta from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, showing the works in context and as artworks, through cultures that have disappeared over the centuries and through traditions closely linked to the pottery that has survived to the modern day. This cultural heritage, whose symbolic power is as great as its beauty, offers a historic and geographic tour of the many aspects of Africa.

list price 115 $
available in 2009 90 Euro, 212 $

Terres cuites africaines, un héritage millénaire : collections Barbier-Mueller
Editeur : Somogy éditions d'art
2009
Langue : Français
ISBN-10: 2757202308
ISBN-13: 978-2757202302

available in 2009 59 Euro

Stefan Eisenhofer, Norbert Wolf (Editor)
AFRICAN ART
Germany
Imprint: Taschen GmbH
Format: Paperback
ISBN 10: 3822855766 ISBN 13: 9783822855768
2009
Series: Taschen Basic Genre Series
Pages: 96
Description:
With examples from various regions of the continent - from Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo as well as a dozen other countries including Madagascar and South Africa - this book demonstrates the wide variety of African art, describing the social and religious background without which this art could not be understood. Synopsis: With examples from every region of the continent, "Handmade in Africa" demonstrates the wide variety of African art. The splendid art of the African peoples occupies an unusual place in the concert of world cultures. It is anything but 'primitive', being characterized rather by a highly developed sense of design - whether it's masks, ancestral figures, ceramics, basketry, metalwork, or weapons. The items in this volume, mostly datable only with difficulty, start with a sculptured head from Nigeria, which may be as old as the 12th century, and extend from a 15th/16th-century salt container from Sierra Leone to the 19th and 20th centuries, to which most of the extant artworks belong.With examples from every region of the continent - from Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Republic of Congo as well as a dozen other countries including Madagascar and South Africa - this book demonstrates the wide variety of African art, describing the social and religious background without which this art, which today is increasingly threatened with extinction, could not be understood.
Each book in Taschen's "Basic Genre Series" features: a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period and a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations.

editor: Jeff GE, Marc Leo Felix
FATAL BEAUTY, TRADITIONAL WEAPONS FROM CENTRAL AFRICA
June 2009
Guest curator: Jan Elsen

Layout: Charles Meur
photographer: Dick Beaulieux
knives, axes, shield, lances, adzes, rifles, bludgeons, arcs, arrows…
380 pages

approximately: 550 illustrations (photographs)
29,7 x 21 cm = 11,7 x 8,27 inch
375 Pages
Exhibition in National Museum of history TAIPEÏ

available in 2009 100 Euro in Paris, 100, 120 Euro in Brussels
available on Ebay in 2009 190, 195, 200 Euro, 280, 350 $

Katalog einer Ausstellung 2009 in Lugano, die sich den Nackenstützen der Ethnien Äthiopiens widmet
52 Nackenstützen aus Äthiopien und Somalia, geordnet nach Ethnien
Format 21 x 10,5 cm
56 S
Texte in Italienisch

sold on Ebay in 2009 17 Euro

Dr. Christoph Landscheidt, Bürgermeister der Stadt Kamp-Lintfort [Einltg.] / Prof. Dr. phil. Uli Bohnen [Beitrg.] / B. Schulz [Hrsg.]
Afrikanische Kunst, Gebrauchs- und Ritualgegenstände, Sonderausstellung Ubangi
26.04. - 28.06.2009
Kamp-Lintfort
2009
80 S.
67 farb. Abb.
Format 20 x 20 cm
Softcover
ISBN 3-937454-15-2
http://www.bs-kunsthandel.de/ausstellungen/0903/index1.html

list price 25 Euro

Catalogue de l'exposition Âmes de Formes, Formes de Lames.
Collection Luc Lefebvre
Lille
Décembre 2009
44 pages
couleurs
20x20
papier 250g
106 objets, couteaux et boucliers d'Afrique Centrale.
Photos de terrain inédites.

list price 50 Euro

Katsouros
Der Meister der Juwelen
Herkenhoff Tribalart
2009
Seiten: 32
Fotos: 43
ISBN 978-3-00-027031-4

Le présent chapitre sur l'art Lobi pourrait également être traité comme si différents sculpteurs Lobi avaient existé, à savoir le maître des Maternités, celui des personnages assis ainsi que celui des Bêtises. Grâce au regard attentif, à la sensibilité et à la perspicacité du collectionneur et auteur, Katsouros, l'oeuvre de ce maître Lobi nous est aujourd'hui connue dans son unité et toute son étendue. Sa découverte est un exploit. Bravo!
G. Le Roy

WILLIAM C. SIEGMANN served as the Brooklyn Museum s curator of African and Oceanic art from 1987 until his retirement in 2007. He is currently a consulting curator with the Saint Louis Art Museum.
JOSEPH ADANDE lectures at the National University of Benin, Abomey-Calavi. He was the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in the department of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
KEVIN D. DUMOUCHELLE is Interim Assistant Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands at the Brooklyn Museum.

African Art: A Century at the Brooklyn Museum
Prestel USA
2009
304 pages
Hardcover
ISBN: 978-3791343211
This volume showcases the highlights from a world renowned collection of African textiles, ceramics, jewelry, masks, and figures from more than fifty different cultures. The Brooklyn Museum was one of the first North American institutions to collect and exhibit African material culture as art rather than artifact. Today the museum's collection numbers more than six thousand pieces and is noted for its artistic quality and educational value, as well as a breadth and depth that would be impossible to achieve today. Major works from all areas of sub-Saharan Africa are included in the collection's vast holdings, while the figurative sculpture and masks of Central Africa constitute its most significant focus. More than 130 of those pieces are featured in this large-format compendium, which includes essays by the museum's emeritus curator of African art and a leading scholar on the subject. Taking readers through a cultural exploration of the continent, the collection encompasses regions from Western Sudan and the south-western Congo to the Equatorial Forest and southern Africa. Carefully photographed and presented in luminous color, these pieces create a stunning introduction to the rich traditions of African art and culture.
This magnificent volume showcases some 130 highlights from Brooklyn's world-renowned collection of African textiles, ceramics, jewelry, masks, and figures from more than fifty different cultures. The book features a survey of the collection's century-long history by William C. Siegmann, its curator emeritus; an introductory essay on African art by scholar Joseph Adande; a fully illustrated catalog section with individual commentaries on the works; an exhibition list; and a bibliography.

Retail Price: 75 $

Softcover-010234 $49.95

Éditions Dapper
parution : octobre 2009
Les ornements et emblèmes révélateurs des identités masculines en Afrique subsaharienne et en Océanie, seront au coeur de cette exposition.
Celle-ci regroupera une grande diversité d'oeuvres : parures, sculptures, vêtements, insignes, et abordera les significations matérielles et symboliques dont les objets sont investis.

- Être et paraître masculins en Afrique subsaharienne, Anne VAN CUTSEM-VANDERSTRAETE

Masques, mariages burlesques et «énergumènes» au carnaval martiniquais, Ina CÉSAIRE

A new exhibition at the Musée Dapper, curated jointly by Christine Falgayrettes-Leveau and Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, will provide insight into the male realm through the presentation of traditional tribal ornaments and sculptures. Featuring works from some of the finest public and private collections, the exhibition will be organized by geographic location, covering the diversity of the major culture areas of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Aside from the artistic aspects of the works, the exhibition will emphasize the extreme diversity of materials, largely drawn from natural resources, used for the creation of ornaments, as well as the objects’ complex and socially important symbolic content.

A new exhibition at the Musée Dapper, curated jointly by Christine Falgayrettes-Leveau and Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete, will provide insight into the male realm through the presentation of traditional tribal ornaments and sculptures. Featuring works from some of the finest public and private collections, the exhibition will be organized by geographic location, covering the diversity of the major culture areas of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Aside from the artistic aspects of the works, the exhibition will emphasize the extreme diversity of materials, largely drawn from natural resources, used for the creation of ornaments, as well as the objects’ complex and socially important symbolic content.

Cet ouvrage constitue une exploration originale des identités masculines en Afrique et en Océanie à travers des objets portés, bijoux, vêtements, accessoires et emblèmes. De même les signes peints sur la peau ou les scarifications et les tatouages inscrits dans la chair et les déformations révèlent les expériences vécues. L’iconographie très riche s’appuie tant sur des œuvres exceptionnelles appartenant à de grands musées ou à des collections privées que sur des documents, gravures, dessins et photographies évoquant les contextes dans lesquels les arts de la parure se sont développés. Les contributions des auteurs, ethnologues, historiens de l’art et écrivains, se complètent pour faire émerger des réflexions stimulantes sur la place qu’occupe l’ornementation du corps des hommes dans les relations sociales.

Anne van Cutsem-Vanderstraete met l’accent sur l’étonnante diversité et les principales significations de l’embellissement du corps en Afrique subsaharienne. Alfred Adler, quant à lui, se penche plus particulièrement sur les codes des rituels qui accompagnent la mise en beauté des corps nus ou habillés. L’omniprésence des parures apparaît fréquemment dans les récits de voyage des mers du Sud. Gilles Bounoure souligne avec érudition l’importance des témoignages des navigateurs dont Louis-Antoine de Bougainville et James Cook : leurs observations de même que celles de leurs compagnons constituent des témoignages ethnographiques irremplaçables. Les sociétés modernes offrent de véritables lieux d’expression pour les amateurs de la parure. Dans les capitales africaines et européennes, des hommes de toute condition entretiennent avec leurs vêtements des relations affectives profondes et leur art de s’habiller traduit une créativité souvent débridée. Alain Mabanckou, écrivain de grande notoriété, nous plonge dans l’univers très particulier de la SAPE (Société des ambianceurs et des personnes élégantes). Défier les règles du paraître jusqu’à la parodie est une tradition aux Antilles, tradition qui se perpétue en période de carnaval : des groupes travestis forment un cortège nuptial où les sexes se trouvent inversés. Les codes des rapports ambivalents du féminin et du masculin dans cet espace théâtralisé qu’est le carnaval sont finement analysés par Ina Césaire.

Ainsi, afficher de façon discrète ou ostentatoire des accessoires qui sont parfois de véritables œuvres d’art, colliers, bracelets, bagues, coiffures et vêtements réalisés dans des matières animales, végétales ou en métal, révèle l’appartenance à un groupe, celui pour lequel on doit gagner sa place d’homme.

Édition reliée sous jaquette : 43 euros TTC
ISBN : 978-2-915258-27-1
Édition brochée : 32 euros TTC
ISBN : 978-2-915258-26-4

by Leonard Kahan (Editor), Donna Page (Editor), Pascal James Imperato (Editor)
Surfaces: Color, Substances, and Ritual Applications on African Sculpture
Indiana University Press
2009
536 pages
Reliure: Relié
Hardcover
ISBN 0253352517

available in 2009 in USA 36, 40, 47, 49, 61, 73 Euro, in UK 62 Euro, in Germany 48 Euro

Auteurs : Egidio Cossa et Jean-Louis Paudrat, coordination Chantal Dandrieu et Fabrizio Giovagnoni
A Passion for Africa (book + DVD)
Passion d’Afrique. L’art africain dans les collections italiennes
Editeur : Officina Libraria
224 pages
24 x 30 cm
164 ill. couleur et noir et blanc, relié sous jaquette, accompagné d’un DVD
Isbn13 : 9788889854426
ISBN 8889854421
Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds

Préfacé par Egidio Cossa, conservateur en charge des collections africaines au Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico « LuigiPigorini », cet ouvrage réunit quelque 120 reproductions en couleurs d’œuvres majeures sélectionnées non seulement pour leur valeur esthétique propre, mais aussi parce qu’elles illustrent, du début des années 1950 à nos jours, les étapes successives du goût manifesté en Italie, ou par des Italiens résidant à l’étranger, pour les arts anciens de l’Afrique subsaharienne.
Jean-Louis Paudrat, de son côté, conteste l’idée selon laquelle l’Italie serait un parent pauvre en ce domaine en recensant et présentant collections privées et expositions exceptionnelles.
Des entretiens avec des acteurs majeurs de la scène italienne complètent l’ouvrage, ainsi qu’un DVD présente les archives filmées de deux expositions marquantes : «Terra d’Africa, Terra d’Archeologia » (Rome, 1990) et « Africa, capolavori da un continente » (Turin, 2003/2004).

The book, edited and written by one of the major scholars of African art, traces a history of the collecting of African art in Italy, starting with a legendary figure like Guido Monzino and arriving to contemporary collectors.

Text in French.

About the Author:
Formerly a professor at the Universite Paris I - Sorbonne, Jean Louis Paudrat is the author and contributor to many books on African art. Among them Primitivism in 20th Century Art (MoMA) and Art of Africa (Abrams).
Egidio Cossa is the director of the African Section of the Museo Nazionale Preistorico Etnografico Pigorini in Rome.

list price 60 Euro, 85 $

available from amazon.com in 2009 48 $
available in 2010 60, 82 Euro, 85 $

Egalement version italienne

also version in English
A Passion for Africa: Collecting African Art in Italy.

available in 2010 44... Euro

Wendy A. Grossman
Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens
Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press;
2009
200 pages
Language: English
Paperback
ISBN-10: 081667017X
ISBN-13: 978-0816670178
Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 1 inches

Product Description:
This groundbreaking analysis spotlights a select group of Man Ray’s photographs within the context of modernist photographic history and the “discovery” of African art by the early twentieth-century avant-garde. Featuring more than seventy photographs by Man Ray—some never before reproduced—alongside many rarely seen photographs of African art by his European and American contemporaries, Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens uncovers a virtually unknown chapter in both the inventive activities of this celebrated artist and in this overlooked facet of photographic history.

Meticulously researched and compellingly presented, Wendy A. Grossman raises thought-provoking questions about the role photographs played in shaping perceptions of African art and, in turn, how such images led to distinctive modernist viewpoints across racial and geographic boundaries. Particularly notable is the treatment of the African pieces both as integral components of the modernist history to which they contributed and, as elucidated by groundbreaking scholarship by African art experts, objects with their own independent cultural histories.

Revealing a more complex engagement with African art by Man Ray and his contemporaries than has been previously known, Grossman provides a rich and nuanced study that makes an important addition to our understanding of critical issues in modernism that continue to influence the way we see African art today.

"Man Ray, African Art and the Modernist Lens single-handedly resuscitates the photograph as a critical and almost completely overlooked medium in promoting the popularity and understanding of l'art negre for a western audience. The monumental studies of Robert Goldwater and William Rubin—comprehensive and engaging though they may have been—overlooked the influential role played by the photograph in this context, a regrettable lacunae this endeavor seeks to fulfil. Not only does this exhibition and catalogue complete a chapter in our understanding of Man Ray's work, but its cross-cultural approach allows us to see how the medium of photography influenced the infusion and comprehension of African and other non-western arts in the west, not only among artists, but by the general public as well." —Francis M. Naumann

list price 40 $
available in 2009 from Amazon 27 $

Jane and Jean David, Karin Guggeis, Werner Lüthi, Barbara Rusch
GOLD IN DER KUNST WESTAFRIKAS
Publisher and Copyright: Galerie Walu, Switzerland, 2009
74 pages
ISBN: 978-3-9522495-7-4
This catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition "Gold in the Art of West Africa" from 18th October 2009 to 18th April 2010 at the 'Helvetisches Goldmuseum Burgdorf' and from 22nd May to 26th June 2010 at Galerie Walu.

21cm x 28cm
60 illustrations, softcover
Text in English and German
Bookdesign: Mark Grünberger, Field-Photos: Fred Mayer, Object-Photos: Gerhard Merzeder

No 7 Manuel
Laranjeira Rodrigues De Areia et Roland Kaehr
Collections d'Angola 2: Les masques.
MEN
2009
L’important texte qui précède le catalogue commence par évoquer les deux MSSA, analysant en particulier d’un œil critique le récit de la deuxième mission, Pays et peuples. La difficile question n’est pas éludée du patrimoine africain expatrié sous l’étiquette d’œuvres d’art alimentant un marché spéculatif et de la position souvent ambiguë des pays d’origine confrontés à des priorités économiques inéluctables, tiraillés aussi entre le besoin à la fois de ne pas perdre leurs racines et la crainte de manquer la modernité. A l’exception de pièces réservées à des divertissements, les masques interviennent essentiellement dans le cadre de l’initiation, ces longues épreuves qui font accéder tant les garçons que les filles au statut de membre à part entière de leur communauté. Une analyse est ainsi faite de leurs rôles hautement symboliques avant que ne soit détaillée une typologie des 18 formes représentées dans les collections du MEN.

Après un premier volume intitulé Les signes du pouvoir paru en 1992 dans la série «Collections du MEN», cette nouvelle publication vient révéler, tant pour les spécialistes que pour le public en général, les ressources encore trop peu connues de l’institution neuchâteloise.

Sommaire:
Avant-propos;
Les missions scientifiques en Angola;
De vieilles collections et une Afrique nouvelle;
Voyage aux prémices de la vie: les rituels d’initiation chez les Cokwe et les Ngangela;
Masques d’initiation;
Les masques angolais du MEN (Les masques aliénés, Les populations concernées, Les masques selon les types);
Catalogue (Fiches descriptives, Masques dans d’autres institutions: Bâle / Genève / Berne / Zurich / Rotterdam / La Chaux-de-Fonds);
Annexes (Index par numéro catalogue et par cote, Essai de chronologie, Note sur les costumes, Quelques motifs décoratifs, Glossaire, Bibliographie, Illustrations, Liste d’expositions, Resumo – Summary).

17 x 24 cm
240 p.,
sous couverture couleurs, laminée mat
ISBN 978-2-88078-036-4

broché CHF 25,70 / € 17,50 (port en sus).
Prix spécial SAMEN: remise 30%

Ballarini, Roberto
The perfect form. On the track of African tribal currency.
416 pages
Galleria Africa Curio
ISBN 13: 9788890418617
des centaines de photos couleur, dessins, cartes, textes en anglais.

Depuis le livre de Charles Optitz sur les monnaies et celui dans une moindre mesure de André Blandin, rien n'avait plus été publié sur les monnaies Africaines.
C'est désormais chose faite avec ce sublime ouvrage richement illustré, fruit d'années de collection et de recherches par Roberto Ballarini, qui nous présente et commente des centaines de monnaies dites "primitives" qui servaient lors des échanges entre les différents peuples Africains avant les administrations coloniales.

With this treatise, Roberto Ballarini will walk hand in hand with you throughout black Africa, on the tracks of the so-called "primitive currencies" the natives used for barter before colonial times.
This journey shall help you discover iron artefacts of the most unusual shapes, borne from the imagination of African ironmongers and incomparable to anything we would normally consider as being a coin. The weight of these objects ranges from a few to almost 50 kg.

Ballarini's new work is a comprehensive, visually rich, highly informative catalogue of African ethnographic currencies in metal. Imagine a gallery show curated by a fanatic: The finest specimens of known currency types are collected from multiple owners, beautifully displayed and lighted. Next, the literature, from travellers'', accounts to anthropological studies to sales literature is woven together and integrated with the display. Finally, suffering no constraints of budget, the curator creates a 400+ page hardcover footnoted catalogue, organized and numbered by regions with stunning color images — supplemented with drawings for types known only by description, and archival photos of use or manufacture — and rounded out with extensive summaries of specialized literature, maps, object-name index, and bibliography. The exhibition is imaginary, of course, but the catalogue is not.
Owner of Africacurio.com in Milan, the premier commercial gallery for this series, Ballarini has produced not only a gorgeous art book, but a reference work in an under-referenced field, the standard for the foreseeable future. All of Ballarini's former works are out of print, as are the specialized works he so ably extracts, and the collector who misses this one will surely suffer regret.

available in 2009 100, 110 Euro, in 2010 108m 139, 152 Euro, 165 $

in Italian:
La forma perfetta. Sulle tracce della moneta tribale africana.
ISBN: 8890418605
ISBN 13: 9788890418600

available in 2009 100 Euro

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Some publications / books / monographs about traditional, tribal African antique art
published (probably) in the year 2009:

To a page that lists motivations for studying and collecting African art

To links that lead to other WWW sites on tribal African art

Books available (exchange or sale)

To a big page that shows masks and headdresses in the African art collection

To a big page that shows statues, sculptures, fetishes, dolls, figures in the Africa art collection

To a page about African textiles

To pieces / objects available from the African art collection

Some publications / books / monographs about traditional, tribal African antique art published (probably) in the year 2009: