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Lot Essay
Comme pour d'autres œuvres du style N'duléri, il est essentiel de distinguer les expressions antérieures et plus récentes de son vocabulaire iconographique. Le thème de la Femme au pilon et mortier est un thème peu commun, avec seulement quelques exemples connus. Parmi ceux qui peuvent être classés comme appartenant à la période classique N'duléri - dont notre lot est un représentant - nous pouvons citer l'exemple figurant dans la collection du Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. n° 1979.541.12), ainsi que la pièce, anciennement dans la collection d'Hélène Leloup, récemment publiée dans Joubert, H., « Eclectic. A 21st-Century Collection », in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, 2016, n° 82, p. 72, n° 2.
Notre lot se distingue comme l'un des exemples les plus accomplis, grâce à son raffinement distinctif, aux volumes généreux articulés par des proportions équilibrées, et au rythme sous-jacent d'une conception hautement géométrique.
As with other works in the N’duleri style, it is essential to distinguish between the earlier and later expressions of its iconographical vocabulary. The theme of the Woman with Pestle and Mortar is an uncommon one, with only a handful of known examples. Among those that can be classified as belonging to the classical N’duleri period - of which our present lot is a representative - we may cite the example in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no. 1979.541.12), as well as the piece formerly in the Hélène Leloup collection, recently published in Joubert, H., “Eclectic. A 21st-Century Collection”, in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, 2016, no. 82, p. 72, no. 2.
Our present lot stands out as one of the most accomplished examples, owing to its distinctive elaborateness, the generous volumes articulated through balanced proportions, and the underlying rhythm of a highly geometric conception.
Notre lot se distingue comme l'un des exemples les plus accomplis, grâce à son raffinement distinctif, aux volumes généreux articulés par des proportions équilibrées, et au rythme sous-jacent d'une conception hautement géométrique.
As with other works in the N’duleri style, it is essential to distinguish between the earlier and later expressions of its iconographical vocabulary. The theme of the Woman with Pestle and Mortar is an uncommon one, with only a handful of known examples. Among those that can be classified as belonging to the classical N’duleri period - of which our present lot is a representative - we may cite the example in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. no. 1979.541.12), as well as the piece formerly in the Hélène Leloup collection, recently published in Joubert, H., “Eclectic. A 21st-Century Collection”, in Tribal Art Magazine, Arquennes, 2016, no. 82, p. 72, no. 2.
Our present lot stands out as one of the most accomplished examples, owing to its distinctive elaborateness, the generous volumes articulated through balanced proportions, and the underlying rhythm of a highly geometric conception.