HOMMAGE

 Ana & Antonio Casanovas at Alain Bovis Gallery.

A selection of 25 masterpieces from different areas of Africa were shown to commemorate the “genial” personality of Jacques Kerchache. A masterpiece Fang figure or “Byeri”, who belonged to the famous collector Paul Guillaume and a superb Hemba figure considered among the best in the world were among the exhibited pieces.

HEMBA

North of Luika, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Wood, H. 63 cm
XVIII-XIX C.
Ex. col. Anne and Jacques Kerchache, Paris.
Publications:
«La grande statuaire Hemba du Zaïre», F. Neyt, Belgique, 1977, p. 263