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拍品專文
Ce portrait commémoratif en terre cuite allie raffinement, finesse et élégance. En pays Akan, la tête sphérique est un idéal de beauté. Les formes naturalistes sont sophistiquées et caractérisées par des traits fins, un front haut, ample et légèrement bombé, un nez aquilin et des yeux mi-clos. Les commissures de la bouche et les tempes sont ornées de scarifications linéaires gracieusement modelées. La partie sommitale, modelée avec soin, laisse apparaître les boucles de la chevelure traditionnelle. Ces sculptures, placées dans des bosquets sacrés à l’extérieur des villages, faisaient l’objet d’offrandes, de prières et de libations. L’harmonie de ses proportions - associée à la délicatesse de son exécution - confère à ce magnifique portrait une présence intemporelle.
Une tête analogue est aujourd’hui conservée au Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. n° 1990.22) et publiée dans Petridis, C., South of the Sahara. Selected Works of African Art, Cleveland, 2003, pp. 70-71, n° 20.
This commemorative terracotta portrait combines refinement, finesse and elegance. In Akan country, the spherical head is an ideal of beauty. The naturalistic forms are sophisticated and highlighted by fine features, a high, broad and slightly rounded forehead, an aquiline nose and half-closed eyes. The corners of the mouth and the temples are adorned with gracefully modelled linear scarification marks. The top of the head, carefully modelled, reveals the curls of the traditional hairstyle. Placed in sacred groves outside villages, these sculptures were the object of offerings, prayers and libations. The harmony of its proportions - associated with the delicacy of its execution - conveys a timeless presence to this magnificent portrait.
A similar head is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. no. 1990.22) and published in Petridis, C., South of the Sahara. Selected Works of African Art, Cleveland, 2003, pp. 70-71, no. 20.
Une tête analogue est aujourd’hui conservée au Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. n° 1990.22) et publiée dans Petridis, C., South of the Sahara. Selected Works of African Art, Cleveland, 2003, pp. 70-71, n° 20.
This commemorative terracotta portrait combines refinement, finesse and elegance. In Akan country, the spherical head is an ideal of beauty. The naturalistic forms are sophisticated and highlighted by fine features, a high, broad and slightly rounded forehead, an aquiline nose and half-closed eyes. The corners of the mouth and the temples are adorned with gracefully modelled linear scarification marks. The top of the head, carefully modelled, reveals the curls of the traditional hairstyle. Placed in sacred groves outside villages, these sculptures were the object of offerings, prayers and libations. The harmony of its proportions - associated with the delicacy of its execution - conveys a timeless presence to this magnificent portrait.
A similar head is now in the Cleveland Museum of Art (inv. no. 1990.22) and published in Petridis, C., South of the Sahara. Selected Works of African Art, Cleveland, 2003, pp. 70-71, no. 20.