GEMS
Arte y Ritual presented in Paris within the context of the Parcours des Mondes, 82 monumental miniatures or Gems from Africa, America, South East Asia and Oceania underlining the importance of the artistic quality versus the size of the sculpture and analyzing the particular relationship created between the artist and the object or the collector and the work of art.
CHIEF’S COMB
Tlinglit or Kaigani Haida. North West Coast of America.
Wood, H. 29 cm
Ca 1850 -1880
Publications:
“Transfigurations”, Steven Clay Brown, Seattle, 2006.
“Gems. Monumental Miniatures” Ana and Antonio Casanovas, Madrid, 2009.
PENDANT
Luba, Zaire or Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivory, H 7 cm
XIX C.
Ex.col. Anne and Jacques Kerchache, Paris
Publications :
« L’Art Africain », Jacques Kerchache et alii, Paris, 1988, contents pt 3
ANCESTOR FIGURE
Ataoro, Indonesia
Wood and fibre, H. 24 cm
XIX C.
Ex. col. Irwin Hersey, New York.
Publications:
“Indonesian Primitive Art”, Irwin Hersey, 1991
VOTIVE FIGURE
Dong Son civilisation, South East Asia
Bronze, H. 10 cm
600 BC – 100 AD
FIGURE
Sepik, Papua New Guinea
Wood, H. 25,5 cm
XIX C.
Ex. col. Sanct Augustin Mission
