AFRICA

MUMUYE FIGURE

Nigeria
Wood, pigments
H. 82 cm
XIX C.

Ex. Anne & Jacques Kerchache, Paris

Exhibitions
MUSEUM LUDWIG, African Sculpture. The invention of the figure, Köln, 1990
AA. CASANOVAS, Hommage à Jacques Kerchache, Paris, 2006
O. WICK, A. DENNER, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania and Modern Art, Beyeler Foundation, Basel, 2009

Publications
J. KERCHACHE, Picasso-Afrique: Etat d’esprit (carte blanche à Jacques Kerchache), Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée National d’Art moderne, Paris, 1995, p.55
AA. CASANOVAS, A common destiny, in Tribal Arts Special issue #1, Visual Encounters at the Beyeler Foundation, p.32, Fig. 20
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam. Ancient Masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Madrid, 2014, Fig.30
F. HERREMAN, C. PETRIDIS, Mumuye sculpture from Nigeria. The human figure reinvented, Five Continents, Milan, 2016, p.11, p.90-93, Plate XI

BATCHAM MASK

Bamileke, Cameroon
Wood
H. 95,5 cm
XVIII – XIX C.

Ex. M. Bronsin, Brussels
Ex. Max Itzikovitz, Paris

Exhibitions
Ph. GUIMIOT, Sculptures africaines, nouveau regard sur un héritage, Antwerp, 1975
Arts premiers Afrique noire, Centre communal de Belgique, Bruxelles,1977
J. KERCHACHE, Scultura Africana, Omaggio a André Malraux, De Luca Editore, A. Mondadori Ed., 1986
P. HARTER, Arts anciens du Cameroun, Arnouville, 1986
J. P. NOTUÉ, Batcham, Sculptures du Cameroun, Marseille 1993
MUSEE DAPPER, Masques, Paris 1995
MUSEE DAPPER, Arts d’Afrique, Paris, 2000, p.225, #176

Publications
J. KERCHACHE ET ALI, L’Art Africain, Citadelles-Mazenod, Paris, 1988, p.226, #139
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam. Ancient Masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Paris, 2014, Pl.38

DOGON MATERNITY FIGURE

Mali
Wood
H. 74 cm
XVII-XVII C.

Ex. Anne & Jacques Kerchache, Paris

Exhibitions
J. KERCHACHE, Chef-d’oeuvres de l’Art Africain, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, 1982
J.KERCHACHE, Scultura Africana, Omaggio a André Malraux, Roma, 1986
MUSEE DAPPER, Dogon, Fondation Dapper, Paris, 1994

Publications
Expressions d’Afrique, revue Silex no 23, 1982
Opération Delta, revue Action Ecole, 1986
Photo de Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, 1986
J. KERCHACHE, L’Art Africain, Citadelles-Mazenod, Paris, 1988
H. LELOUP et al., Statuaire Dogon, Amez, Strasbourg, 1994
MUSEE DU LOUVRE, Sculptures, Afrique, Asie, Océanie, Amériques, 2000
J. KERCHACHE, Itinéraire d’un chercheur d’Art, Musée Jacques Chirac, Sarran, 2003

SOUTH EAST ASIA

KORWAR FIGURE

Doreh Bay, New Guinea
Wood
H. 33 cm
XIX C.

Collected by a German officer in the XIX C.
Private collection, Brussels
Ex. C. Duponchel

Publications
A. WENTHOLT, Een Iconische Korwar uit de Doreh Baai, 2014

ROYAL COMB

Tanimbar
Moluccas Islands, Indonesia
Wood, bone
H. 22 cm
XIX C.

Ex. M. Lemaire, The Netherlands, 1962

ANCESTOR FIGURE

Nias, Indonesia
Wood
H. 68 cm
XIX C.

Ex. Anne & Jacques Kerchache, Paris

AMERICA

KACHINA

Hopi, Arizona
Wood, pigments
H. 45,7 cm

Ex. S. Langtang & J. Kidd, 1960’s

Exhibitions
E. M. MAURER, The native American heritage, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977

SHAMAN MASK

Tlingit, NWCA
Wood
H. 29 cm

Ex. G. Terasaki, New York

Publications
G. TERASAKI, Transfigurations, 2006
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam. Ancient masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Paris, 2014, fig.170

RAVEN RATTLE

Tsimshian or Tlingit, NWCA
Wood
H. 30 cm

Ex. G. Terasaki, New York

Publication
G. TERASAKI, Transfigurations, 2006

OCEANIA

NUKUORO FIGURE

Caroline Islands, Micronesia
Wood
H. 38,5 cm
XIX C.

Collected in 1873 by Kubary
Umlauff, Hamburg
Ex. Museum für Volkerkunde, Leipzig
Ex. Everet Rassiga, 1985
Ex. Lois Collection, USA
Ex. J. Katcher collection

Exhibitions
O. WICK, A. DENNER, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania and Modern Art, Beyeler Foundation, Basel, 2009

IATMUL HEADDRESS FIGURE

Sepik river, Papua New Guinea
Wood, pigments
H. 27,5 cm
XIX C.

Ex. Walter Bondy, before 1930
Ex. Charles Ratton, Paris
Ex. Louis Carré, Paris
Ex. Marcia & John Friede, New York
On loan at the Fine Arts Museum, De Young, San Francisco

Exhibitions
New Guinea Art. Masterpieces from the Jolika collection of Marcia and John Friede, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, 2005

Publications
G. LOUDMER, Collection et bibliothèque Louis Carré, Paris, 1985
A. PAGE, R. WALKER, A full house: At home with New Guinea Art, Art & Auction Magazine, New York, 1989, p.138
AA. CASANOVAS, Adam. Ancient masters from Africa, Pacific and America, Paris, 2014, Fig.103

ULI FIGURE

Malangan, New Ireland
Wood, white lime, ocher, red and black brown pigments
H. 68 cm
C14: XVIII C.

Collected by Edgar Walden 1907-1909
Ex. Museum Fur Volkerkunde, (VI 34276) until 1939
Ex. Arthur Speyer, Berlin
Private collection, Berlin before 1940

Publications
A. KRAMER, Die Malánggane von Tombára, 1925
O. WICK, A. DENNER, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania and Modern Art, Beyeler Foundation, Basel, 2009
AA. CASANOVAS, A common destiny, in Tribal Arts Special issue #1, Visual Encounters at the Beyeler Foundation, 2009

Exhibitions
O. WICK, A. DENNER, Visual Encounters. Africa, Oceania and Modern Art, Beyeler Foundation, Basel, 2009, XXII No 9