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A fine Eastern Pende Panya-Gombe African mask. Coll.: David Norden

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five days in Paris

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a story in images

pictures and text by David Norden

First the Vérité...

1,9 M€ à une divinité Nimba Baga de Guinée (lot 159)

Three Shiwara's in a row

Alain de Monbrison perfectly orchestred this event that became the biggest African Art auction ever with 44 Million euros sold costs included. 

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15.000 people visited Drouot in two days  to see the perfectly presented 514 object! 

Even if it had some native restorations I liked very much a Ligbi mask lot 64, it sold for 58.000 €

Baule mask-lot 134- Verite. sold for 63,000€

.... Then Branly 

On tuesday morning Chirac inaugurate the Branly museum in presence of Australian artists, Mr Koffy Annan, Claude Lévi-Strauss,  etc.. He held an inaugural speach.

A happy Jean Nouvel-the architecte of the Quai Branly- in front of the glass wall quai Branly. (photo David Norden)

This is how the Shiwara are on view in the Branly Museum
Friday the entrance was free so I thought I will go back to see how people react, but when I arrived it was a madhouse, the Museum was surrounded. The official day of the inauguration you had to wait 3 hours to visit the quai Branly. That day 9000 visitors got into the Museum. I was happy to have visited it on Tuesday.

Sotheby's auction

They did quite well, and sold for 9M €

This huge Urhobo is welcoming the visitors invited at the Sotheby's reception, it sold for 1,000.000 € without costs.

A Belgian dealer paid 850,000 euros without costs for this fine Bangwa in the same auction.

An African interviewed at Sothebys, the Songye nr 110 in his back sold for 290.000€ without costs 

Gallery's in Paris

Most dealers had quite interesting exhibitions  

Un défilé de Mumuyes chez la Galerie Flak rue des Beaux-arts, avec un catalogue bien interessant par écrit par Neyt.

African Muse Gallery gave a party in presence of John Mawurndjul the Aboriginal artist who painted a roof at the Branly Museum

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