Il lotto Lotto n° 28
Titolo : Kota
Medium : Hardwood covered with copper stripsDimensione : H 41 cmProvenienza : - George F. Keller antique collection (Paris / New York) (Inv. G.F.K…- number illegible), - Former Paolo Morigi collection (Lugano), - Former private collection (Lugano),Literature : Reproduced in: - VENTURI LUCA M. “Anime antiche, arte negra, da una raccolta di sculture dell’Africa occidentale” BSI Bank, Lugano 2002, fig. 40, - CHRISTIE'S Art Africain, Océanien et Précolombien Paris auction on 14th June 2004, number 188 (483), - BOLZ INGEBORG “Zur Kunst in Gabon: Stilkritische Untersuchungen an Masken und Plastiken des Ogowe-Gebietes” in Ethnologica Neue Folge - Band 3, Cologne 1966, fig. XLI, fig. a,Note : These reliquaries from equatorial Africa represent figures reserved for the worship of ancestors. They have been studied since the ‘60s by numerous French specialists, including: - Alain Chaffin, who published one of the first studies on Kota reliquaries, with special attention paid to the morphological aspects. “L’Art Kota” articolo sulla rivista “Arts d’Afrique Noire” Arnouville num. 5, Spring 1973, pages 12 - 43, - Louis Perrois was in Gabon for at least ten years, where he deepened our knowledge of the historical context and tribal traditions of the different ethnic groups. In 1965 / 1966, as an academic at the French Institution for Scientific Research (ORSTOM), he visited the villages of Makokou and Mékambo in Kota. Today, he is considered the world’s most eminent specialist in this field. He has published his research in a series of books, including: - PERROIS LOUIS “Patrimoines du Sud, collections du Nord” Trente ans de recherche à propos de la sculpture africaine (Gabon, Cameroon) ORSTOM, Paris 1997, - PERROIS LOUIS “Arts du Gabon” Arnouville 1979, from page 193 group IV (Figures without a crest), photo on pages 204 and 205 and designs on page 316, - PERROIS LOUIS “Art ancestral du Gabon dans les collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller” Geneva 1985, description on page 49 and designs on page 52 (Category VI), (*) Morigi’s outline suggests Makouku as the place of origin, a city in central Gabon in the region in the region of the upper Ivindo.These sculptures of Kota reliquaries were attributed by Alain Chaffin and Louis Perrois to a subgroup who live in the Sibiti region, a forest area in the high Niari in Republic of the Congo. It is at least 500km from Makouko, which is located rather in Gabon, on the Invindo, above the Equator. The region of Sibiti is as far south as the Kota people have come. Sculptures of this kind would be rarer from the Kota of central Gabon.Alain Chaffin, in his investigation in Kota art published in “Arts d’Afrique Noire” Arnouville num. 5, Spring 1973, pages 12 - 43, highlights on page 42 a work “under the style of the Sibiti region”.At the time, Chaffin knew of only 5 sculptures like this. One of these was illustrated by him on page 38, num. 28.Finarte, banditore, Milano, IT
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Titolo di vendita : African Art: the prestigious Keller-Morigi Swiss collection
Data della vendita : 14/10/2020
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Riferimento dell'asta : Live Sale
