Duende's stories attract our readers' attention since 2013 (previously hosted on brunoclaessens.com) and wishes to provide a useful resource for information on art of the African continent and its diaspora. Stories include exhibition announcements and reviews, interviews with artists, discoveries, new research, auction news, etc.
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Alfred Stieglitz, ‘The Picasso-Braque Exhibition, “291”, 1915. Platinum print, 19,5 by 24,7 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Lega copal resin miniature mask. Height: 9 cm. Africarium Collection. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Kran figure (Liberia). Height: 52,7 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Height: 76,8 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Senufo figure (lot 48). Height: 92 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Yombe maternity figure. Height: 28 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Boa figure. Height: ca. 50 cm. -
Image courtesy of Tajan. -
Image courtesy of Tajan. -
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Ngbandi figure (lot 308). Height: 72,1 cm. Est. $ 200-300K. Ex Pablo Picasso. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
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Kongo figure. Height: 49,5 cm. Estimate: $500,000 – 700,000 USD. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
A Luba Shankadi mboko figure. Ca. 1930. Height: 59 cm. -
Image courtesy of Dorotheum. -
Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
A seated Yombe figure. Height: 30 cm. Provenance: John Vernon – Putney, November 1964 & Ernst Ohly, Berkeley Galleries, London. Image courtesy of Woolley & Wallis. -
Image courtesy of Native. -
Image courtesy of Lempertz. -
Image courtesy of Artcurial. -
Image courtesy of Koller. -
Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Image courtesy of Christie’s. -
Luluwa figures from the workshop of the diamond shaped eyes. Height (left): 36 cm. Height (right): 37,5 cm. Images courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Ejagham headcrest, Cross River Region, Nigeria. Height: 68,6 cm. Image courtesy of Sotheby’s. -
Image: BC. -
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I was in NY for curatorial activities (and the auctions of course). A review of the Allan Stone sale is following. The catalogues of the next Christie’s and Sotheby’s Paris auctions in December are already online by the way. To finish, an interesting article about the recent record prices in the contemporary art market can be found here.
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Left a detail of Picasso’s “Guernica” (1937) with the head reminiscent of the Baule mask on the right. -
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Baga headdress. Wood, brass, metal, height 119.5cm. Est $ 400,000-600,000. Photo courtesy of Bonhams. -
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(Image courtesy of Néret-Minet Tessier & Sarrou) -
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(Image courtesy of Sotheby’s)