• Collection Vérité : Arts d'Afr auction at Christies

    Sale 15341

    Collection Vérité : Arts d'Afrique, d'Océanie et d'Amérique du Nord

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    21 November 2017

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    • Statue Baoulé Baule figure
    Lot 76

    Statue Baoulé Baule figure

    CÔTE D'IVOIRE

    Price realised

    EUR 11,250

    Estimate

    EUR 5,000 - EUR 7,000

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    Statue Baoulé
    Baule figure
    Côte d'Ivoire
    Bois
    Hauteur: 48 cm. (19 in.)

    Provenance

    Collection Pierre et Claude Vérité, Paris

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    Literature and exhibited

    Literature

    L’Art Nègre, Presence Africaine, Paris, 1951 : #3
    Les arts africains, Paris, 1955, p. 48, #118 (non ill.)
    Elisofon, Eliot et Fagg, William, The Sculpture of Africa, London, 1958, p. 96, #119
    Maquet, Jacques J., Afrique. Les civilisations noires, Paris, 1962, p. 86
    Verite, Claude, de Monbrison, Alain et Barrere, Jacques, Vérité, une passion des cultures, Paris, 2008


    Exhibited

    Paris, Cercle Volney, Les arts africains, 3 juin-7 juillet 1955
    Angers, Salle Chemellier, Maternités d’Afrique, 4 décembre 2003-4 janvier 2004
    Paris, Neuflize OBC, Vérité, une passion des cultures, 2 juin-4 juillet 2008


    Lot Essay

    Ceci est le premier objet d’art africain dont Pierre Vérité fit l’acquisition.

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