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
Important Cameroon Royal Commemorative Male Figure
On the occasion of the 8th annual Parcours des Mondes, Christie’s Paris invites you to preview highlights from our 4 December 2009 sale: African Art: A Private Collection.
Among the works exhibited, an important Cameroon Royal Commemorative Male Figure will be on view.
Champagne Reception and Book Signing for the reprint edition of Provenance by Hermione Waterfield and J.C.H. King The rest of this article is available to African Art Club members only.
By Scott Reyburn
Feb. 23, 2009 ( found at Bloomberg) — A wooden sculpture by Constantin Brancusi sold tonight in Paris for 29.2 million euros ($37.2 million) with fees, a record for the artist’s works at auction, as Christie’s International started its three-day sale of the collection of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge.
Inspired by African tribal sculpture, the 3-foot, 11-inch high modernist work, entitled “Madame L.R. (Portrait de Mme L.R.),” dated 1914-17, is a three-dimensional portrait of the Parisian art enthusiast Leonie Ricou. More »
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