Tribal Art
Here are some of the pieces of African tribal art exhibited at Montagut Gallery.
Baule figure, Maître de Sakassou Baule people, Ivory Coast
Period: XIXth century
Height: 49,5 cm
Material: Wood
Provenance:
- Private collection, France
- Private colection, Spain
- Javier Lentini collection, Spain
Turka statue Turka people, Burkina Faso
Period: XIVth Century
Height: 30 cm
Material: Wood, ritual patina
Provenance:
- Private collection, Germany
Songye fetish Songye people, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Period: XVIth Century or before
Height: 46,5 cm
Material: Wood, metal, lizard skin, leather, ritual charges, animal hairs & fibers, ritual patina
Provenance:
- Collection Joseph (1923-2012) & Doris (1926-2007) Gerofsky, New York, USA, until 1999
- John Giltsoff (1947-2014), London/New York/Girona, 1999
- Dr. Jörg Rumpf, Colonia, Germany
- Galerie Lucas Ratton, Paris, France
- Private collection, The Netherlands, 2020-2024
Publication:
- Irwin Hersey, "Primitive Art Newsletter", 1979, Vol.2, no.9
- Werner Schmalenbach, "Afrikanische Kunst aus Kölner Privatsammlungen", Cologne, 2004, p.7
Tellem mask Tellem people, Mali
Period: XVth Century
Height: 23 cm
Material: Wood
Provenance:
- Christine Valluet collection, Paris
Publication:
- Au delà du Masque. Schoffel de Fabry. Paris. Fig. 24.
Kota reliquary figure
Period: XIXth Century
Height: 40 cm
Material: Wood and copper
Provenance:
- Michel Huguenin collection, Paris
- Marceau Rivière collection, Paris, acquired in 1985
Publications:
- La Gazzette de l’Hôtel Drouot. Nº23, 13 Junio 2008
- Les Forêts Natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale Atlantique. Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. 2017. fig. 176
Exhibitions:
- Les Forêts Natales. Arts d’Afrique équatoriale Atlantique. Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. Paris, 2017 - 2018
Guro Heddle Pulley Guro people, Ivory Coast
Period: XIXth Century
Height: 20,5 cm
Material: Wood
Provenance:
- Hubert Goldet collection, Paris
Fang Figure Fang people, Gabon
Period: XVIIIth century
Height: 53,5 cm
Material: Wood
Provenance:
- Jacob Epstein collection, London
- Carlo Monzino collection, Lugano / Milano, 1962
- Private collection, Paris
Djenne Mali
Period: Xth Century
Height: 3,5 cm
Material: Bronze
Provenance:
- Private collection, France Olivier Castellano collection, Paris
Dogon statue Dogon people, Mali
Period: XVIIIth Century
Height: 31cm
Material: Wood
Provenance:
- Estate of Georges S. Mack, Greenwich
- Pace Primitive Art, New York
- Private collection, USA
- Private collection, Belgium