Lot Essay
Ce tauihu, par son caractère monumental et son élégante sobriété, évoque ce que l’on décrit comme le style de Raharuhi Rukupō, l’un des tohunga whakairo les plus éminents de son époque. Le style de Rukupō se distingue parmi les diverses expressions artistiques de la période Te Huringa : d’une simplicité trompeuse, mais hautement reconnaissable. Une proue de pirogue présentant de fortes affinités, attribuée à Rukupō et sculptée vers 1840, est conservée dans les collections du Tairāwhiti Museum (inv. n° 1976.62).
Voir un tauihu très similaire provenant de l’ancienne collection de Helena Rubinstein, actuellement conservé dans les collections du Brooklyn Museum (inv. n° 53.149.1).
This tauihu, in its monumentality and elegant simplicity reminds one of what is recorded as the style of Raharuhi Rukupō, one of the leading tohunga whakairo of his time. Rukupō’s style is distinctive among the various artistic expressions of the Te Huringa period, deceptively simple yet highly recognizable. A closely related canoe prow attributed to Rukupō, carved around 1840, is held in the collection of the Tairāwhiti Museum (inv. no. 1976.62).
Cf. a very similar tauihu from the former collection of Helena Rubinstein, currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum (inv. no. 53.149.1).
Voir un tauihu très similaire provenant de l’ancienne collection de Helena Rubinstein, actuellement conservé dans les collections du Brooklyn Museum (inv. n° 53.149.1).
This tauihu, in its monumentality and elegant simplicity reminds one of what is recorded as the style of Raharuhi Rukupō, one of the leading tohunga whakairo of his time. Rukupō’s style is distinctive among the various artistic expressions of the Te Huringa period, deceptively simple yet highly recognizable. A closely related canoe prow attributed to Rukupō, carved around 1840, is held in the collection of the Tairāwhiti Museum (inv. no. 1976.62).
Cf. a very similar tauihu from the former collection of Helena Rubinstein, currently in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum (inv. no. 53.149.1).
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