A fine Eastern Pende Panya-Gombe African mask. Coll.: David Norden
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A fine Eastern Pende Panya-Gombe African mask. Coll.: David Norden |
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African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art ,
New York The Saul and Marsha Stanoff Collection SALE N08386 Session 1: Thursday, 17 May 07, 10:00 AM Saul and Marcha Stanoff collectionHigh results at the Sotheby's May 17 '07 auction from this collection. A few highlights below. Sotheby's American Indian Art Sale N08384 18 May 07, New York Past Sotheby's auctionsSotheby's New york November
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TO OFFER THE WILLIAM W. BRILL COLLECTION OF
AFRICAN ART Nov.06
08 May 06 American Indian Art [N08210]New York
09 May 06 African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art [N08199]New York
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April 28, 2004
NEW YORK, NEW YORK.-On May 14, 2004, Sotheby’s New York will hold its
sale of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art, a historically rich
offering including traditional and ceremonial works of art, ranging from
Nigerian and Central African to Mexican and Peruvian. Highlighting the sale is
Rare and Important Yoruba Bowl by Olowe of Ise, representing what is now only
the third-known bowl of this type carved by the famous Yoruba sculptor Olowe
(1870s - 1938), making this an extraordinarily rare work (est. $150/250,000).
The property will be on exhibition at Sotheby’s from May 8th to the 13th at 1
PM, and the sale is expected to fetch approximately $2 million.
The discovery of the previously unknown Rare and Important Yoruba Bowl by Olowe
of Ise represents one of the most important works of African art to come to
auction in recent years. The artist, widely known as the most famous carver in
Africa, was a sculptor to the kings and wealthy patrons in the region. The bowl
was acquired in Nigeria by Edwin Holland, who worked for the Posts and
Telegraphs office in Nigeria from 1912-19, and descended through the family.
Olowe, an innovator within the canons of the Yoruba (Nigeria) style, created his
own distinctive style characterized by elongated forms, angled dimensions,
dynamic depth and ornately patterned surfaces and layered polychrome finishes.
This bowl is supported by a kneeling female figure of highly refined
proportions, and the surface is painted with multiple layers of yellow, red,
green and black pigment. While two well-known bowls are now in the collections
of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution and the Walt
Disney-Tishman African Art Collection, no one knew that another bowl of this
exquisite quality existed. It is estimated to sell for $150/250,000.
Another important work included in the May sale is an Important Songe, Bekalebwe,
Male Community Power Figure (pictured left). The figure was collected in what
was then the Belgian Congo in 1939 by the famed art historian and anthropologist
Hans Himmelheber and was the most prized work in his personal collection (est.
$170/270,000). A Fine and Rare Senufo Male Rhythm Pounder will also be featured,
which was used during funerary rites of the important Senufo poro secret society
(est. $90/120,000). This exceptional male rhythm pounder is extraordinary in two
respects - it represents a male figure, which is rare, and it is possibly the
only-known example of its type from the Western Senufo style (pictured
right).
Several male and female pairs will be offered, including A Fine and Rare Songe
Ivory Male and Female Pair (est. $50/70,000). Fine ivory carvings are well-known
throughout Central Africa, although they are rare among Songe-related groups.
This pair belonged to Carel van Lier of Amsterdam who was the first person to
"show African art as art" in a significant way in the 1920s (pictured
left). Another exceptional male and female pair, A Fine and Rare Dogon Tellem
Male and Female Pair, made of wood with a grayish brown patina, will also be
offered, representing the concept of male and female harmonious interdependence
which is central to Dogon ideology (est. $40/60,000).
Highlighting a group of Oceanic works is A Fine New Guinea, Lower Sepik River,
Singrin, Male Figure formerly in the collection of the well-known Surrealist
sculptor Maria Martins. Martins’ association with mentor André Breton most
likely sparked her appreciation for African, Oceanic and American Indian works
of art. The male figure, with a mask-like face and finely carved and stylized
features, is estimated to sell for $25/35,000.
| The sale will also include a fine selection of Pre-Columbian objects from several European and American private collections, including Mayan carved vessels, Peruvian and West Mexican ceramics and fine Central American gold breastplates. A highlight from a California collection is a Zapotec Figural Urn of the Goddess Quetzal, ca. A.D. 400-600, an example of the large ceramic urns made to accompany rulers and dignitaries in the afterlife (pictured left). It is estimated to sell for $20/40,000. Also to be offered is an Olmec Stone Mask, Middle Preclassic, ca. 900-600 B.C. from a Belgian private collection (pictured right). The Olmec people celebrated their status and power with fine carvings of the human face and body, and this mask is a fine example of the Olmec style emphasizing the archetype of the human face (est. $30/40,000). Another highlight of this section is A Large Moche Portrait Head Vessel, ca. A.D. 500-700, a voluminous head of a youthful dignitary (est. $10/15,000). The May sale also includes examples of gold breastplates from Costa Rica and Panama, including a finely hammered Diquís Gold Pectoral, ca. AD 800-1200, which depicts well-defined creatures, including three spiders, two lizards and a turtle (pictured left). On Christopher Columbus’ voyage in 1502 in which he sailed from Honduras down to Panama, he noted the enormous quantity of gold seen on the inhabitants and how he bartered with the natives for such objects as this one, which is estimated to sell for $25/35,000 |
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