Baule Figure, Côte d'Ivoire
Lot closes
December 10, 03:42 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 EUR
Starting Bid
7,000 EUR
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Description
Baule Figure, Côte d'Ivoire
Haut. 41 cm ; Height. 16 1⁄8 in
Henri Lecler, Geneva, 1968
Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 7 December 1968, lot 57
Private Collection
Sotheby's, Paris, Collection de George Thomann, Karel Timmermans et Divers Amateurs, 5 December 2006, lot 168
Galerie Frank Van Craen, Brussels, 2013
German Private Collection
Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris, 2020
Binoche & Giquello, Paris, Arts d'Afrique, d'Amérique et d'Océanie, 29 June 2021, lot 80
European Private Collection
Paris, Galerie Frank Van Craen, Parcours des Mondes, 10-15 septembre 2013
Brussels, Charles-Wesley Hourdé, BRAFA Art Fair, 26 janvier-2 février 2020
This male anthropomorphic figure represents a Blolo Bian, literally an “otherworldly husband”. Such effigies belonged to the private domain; they were kept by their owners and used in practices designed to maintain harmony between the individual and their spiritual double.
An elaborate coiffure made up of braids and buns frames a serene face.
Standing upright, the figure rests its hands along an abdomen patterned with scarification. A deep, lustrous black patina coats the entire piece.
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