We have just uploaded a new auction of Fine Tribal, African and Ethnographic Art, Pre-Columbian, Classical and Asian Antiquities to our website Arte Primitivo Gallery
287. Fang Figure Small sized Fang guardian figure carved of darkly stained hardwood, standing with stylized hands clasped at belly. Legs and support leg are covered by well worn, burlap textured fetish cloth. Rounded head bears brass tack eyes, squared coiffure exposing domed forehead and c shaped ears and several beaded strands around neck and waist. Tip of right foot reattached, else exc.9-1/2”H.Private Illinois collection.
EDITORIAL NOTE: A few pieces but strong selection and known provenance with a twist of well selected tribes and clients that are educated to get the best quality at the highest prices, these seem to be the rules for success of Sothebys. David Norden
PARIS— Sotheby’s concluded its June sales of Oceanic and African art in Paris on Wednesday, achieving a total of $8,448,741.
Of the 82 lots on offer, 12 works from the collection of Marsha and John Friede spurred a fierce bidding competition, with many pieces exceeding their estimates. The highest-earning work in the sale was an early-19th-century Hembigurea ancestor figure from the Congo, which fetched $1,042,109 above the high estimate of $619,150. This June marks the 50th anniversary of the Congo’s independence.
Other top lots included a 42-inch carved female figure by a craftsman of the Inyai-Ewa People, which earned $685,133; the work had previously been in the collection of Douglas Newton, a former curator, who built The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Another crouching female figure that had been included in the first show of Oceanic art in the U.S., at Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York in 1934, was sold for $476,897, a price that more than doubled the high estimate.
Oceanic art has inspired numerous modern masters such as Paul Klee, Alberto Giacometti, and Pablo Picasso. The sales in New York last month and Paris on Wednesday showed a continued global interest in collecting this category as they achieved strong prices far exceeding the estimates.
A detail of the 19th-century Hembigurea ancestor figure from the Congo that sold for $1,042,109:
more images, details etc ..:
6 auctions in France between June 26 and July 3, 2010. Paris, Marseille, Enghien, Elbeuf, Cannes :
PARIS.- On June 16 in Paris, Sotheby’s will offer one of the most carefully curated ensembles of African & Oceanic Art to be offered on the market in recent years. The works come from a number of esteemed private collections, including the famous Friede collection, and the sale is divided equally between Oceania and Africa. The objects have been selected based on their quality and rarity, reflecting the talent of the great artists of these two continents.
More and more Sotheby’s is looking to attract the high end of the market and customers willing to pay above the 15,000 €, they discovered people are ready to pay much money for pieces with a perfect provenance and beauty, the last auctin in New York even had half of the pieces selling for way above the hugh estimates . They become more and more selective in the choice of pieces, but it is a joy for the eye, so if in Paris don’t miss the preview of the pieces, even if you can’t afford to buy something.
View the pdf catalogue :
vente du 13 Juin 2010
Les 12 et 13 juin 2010, Pierre Bergé & associés auront l’honneur de disperser les collections d’Anne et Jacques Kerchache à Drouot Montaigne.
Elles seront représentées en majorité par les Arts Premiers, mais aussi par l’Extrême-Orient, l’Art Contemporain avec des oeuvres de Paul Rebeyrolle, Sam Szafran, par le Surréalisme (Max Ernst), par du mobilier de Designers (Ado Chale, Hervé Van Der Straeten), par une collection d’insectes, de minéraux …
Cet ensemble est avant tout le reflet d’une vie consacrée à la passion des Arts Premiers, mais elle est aussi la manifestation de l’influence des surréalistes dans le choix des objets.
Jacques Kerchache (1942-2001) possédait à la fois la passion de l’oeuvre et le bonheur de la communiquer. Son mentor était Max-Pol Fouchet et ses pairs les surréalistes.
Très jeune, il avait rencontré André Breton et de leurs conversations passionnées était née cette complicité de collectionneurs pour qui l’objet est créateur de mondes.
Jacques Kerchache est à l’origine de l’ouverture du Pavillon des Sessions du Louvre en 2000 à l’initiative du Président de la République Jacques Chirac, qui lui confie alors le projet de concevoir la collection des Arts Premiers.
Jacques Kerchache disparaitra en août 2001, cinq ans avant l’inauguration du musée du quai Branly. Son épouse, Anne Kerchache, en est membre du conseil d’administration.
Née de mère Vietnamienne et de père Sénégalais, Anne a su faire partager à son mari l’âme de l’Afrique noire et celle de l’Asie du Sud-Est.
Sensible à l’intuition capitale qu’elle avait des objets, Jacques Kerchache lui confiait souvent le soin d’acquérir des oeuvres ; grâce à elle, il eut de l’Afrique et de l’Asie une perception complète. Ils partageaient aussi le même plaisir aux montages des expositions, ajustant la présentation de chaque objet, réglant l’implantation des vitrines au millimètre près, relisant les cartels avec la précision et l’exigence qui caractérisaient chacune de leurs interventions.
Devenue Mme Kamal Douaoui, Anne et son époux ouvrent une nouvelle page du livre de leurs passions.
A little auction in Brussels with as arts premiers expert Didier Claes & Pierre Amrouce. The auction has 187 lots and will be held on May 28 2010. It is a small auction mainly interesting for those of you who want to have some terracottas from the Francine Maurer collection.
details and online catalogue:
During the Afrika / Tribal Art auction from Lempertz in Brussels a mask was sold for 370,000€ without costs, the other objects where at more reasonable prices, but for exceptional pieces the market is still willing to pay top prices.
Nom de la vente : Arts Primitifs
Lot 54 : Poupée de fertilité Bagiermi, Tchad
Poupée de fertilité Bagiermi, Tchad
La position hiératique, les jambes légèrement pliées, dessinent un personnage géométrique cubisant.
Bois à décor incisé
H. 30 cm
Estimation : 2 000 / 2 500 €
Cf. « The pleasure of collecting African art, The Harrie Heinemans Collection »
Catalogue d’exposition Juillet 1986, Musée de Berg en Dal.
Exemplaire similaire reproduit N° 245, page 130
Maison de vente : Voir + bas
Date de la vente : XX Avril 2010
Lieu : Paris in relation to the Heineman book read the interesting article “the taste of angels in the art of darkness. Fashioning the canon of African art” online at
5 ventes à Paris et en province avec de l’Art Africain du 16 mars au 20 mars 2010.. liens vers les catalogues en lignes et contact des maison de ventes.
Cette statue Mumuye tres ancienne sera vendue à Paris
Drouot just created a new kind of auctions, the online auctions, where you can bid online.
These objects can only be bought online
Rossini is doing the first one that will close on februari 1, 2010.
ART D’AMERIQUE DU NORD,D’AFRIQUE, D’ASIE, ET D’OCEANIE
COLLECTION DE COIFFURES MILITAIRES MINIATURES PAR SANDRE
COLLECTION DE BRONZES DE VIENNES COLLECTION D’EVENTAILS
The quality of the pictures and small selection of pieces is quite weak, but it is an interesting concept
Details about this auction for the members inside
AFP 04/12/2009 |
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
Some quite good pieces and interesting collections of African and Oceanic art at christies, sotheby’s, rive gauche , etc…
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Small mask «kifwebe» – Songe, D.R. Kongo Adjugé : 44 000 €
19 septembre 2009 – Zemanek-Münster |
the auction of Carl Ferdinand Schaedler held at NEUMEISTER Münchener Kunstauktionshaus 14 Oktober 2009
total of the sold lots: 423,200 € without costs
14% of sold lots: 47 lots sold from the 663 offered.
average price of the sold lots is 9004 €
I liked the quality of this auction
You can download the price result list
Carl Ferdinand Schaedler Auction Results
I guess that Mr Schaedler will be happy with the amount of money he will receive, but I guess it was not his ideato go back home with 86 % of his pieces.
Some of the top quality pieces found a new home, and also the cheapest priced items (that probably where sold without a limit price)
see some images from the highest results and auction house details, and a link to the online catalog with images from all the lots, below in the members section
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