38 Sales and Shows 2 June 2014 Native American Art Bonhams, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 4–8 June 2014 BRUNEAF Sablon district, Brussels www.bruneaf.com 6 June 2014 Asian, African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian, Art and Berber Jewelry Binoche et Giquello, Paris www.binocheetgiquello.com 7 June 2014 African, Oceanic, and Northern Territories Art Native, Brussels www.native-auctions.com 17 June 2014 Art Tribal Artcurial, Paris www.artcurial.com 18 June 2014 African and Oceanic Art Sotheby’s, Paris www.sothebys.com 19 June 2014 African, Oceanic, and American Indian Art Christie’s, Paris www.christies.com 27 June 2014 American Indian Art Auction Eve, Paris www.auctioneve.com 28 June 2014 Tribal Art Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg www.tribal-art-auktion.de 14-17 August 2014 The Santa Fe Show: Objects of Art El Museo, Santa Fe http://objectsofartsantafe.com 15–18 August 2014 The Antique Indian & Ethnographic Art Show Community Convention Center, Santa Fe www.whitehawkshows.com 6 September 2014 American Indian and Ethnographic Art Skinner, Boston www.scinnerinc.com 8 September 2014 Art and Artifacts of the Americas Bonhams, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 9–14 September 2014 Parcours des Mondes Saint Germain-des-Prés, Paris www.parcours-des-mondes.com CHRISTIE’S SPRING SALE Paris—On June 19, Christie’s will hold its spring tribal art sale in Paris before what will certainly be a large audience already excited by the prospect of being part of the lively bidding for the auction’s top lots that in recent years has become the norm for this auction house’s tribal art department. A wide variety of rare objects will be offered, including a group of fine American Indian items, a highlight of which is a Sioux cradle from a private French collection, estimated at 200,000–250,000 euros. African objects will be by far the most numerous in the sale, which will feature a selection of sixty-six pieces from among the three hundred objects that make up the collection of Léonore and Rudolf Blum. The latter, a renowned Swiss attorney and modern painting collector, is described by Pierre Amrouche in the sale catalog as a tireless “art hunter.” Blum long had a fascination with Africa and he and Léonore traveled there extensively in the 1960s. He made his only field acquisition during that time: a terracotta vessel from Mali. His quest for objects was driven by an insatiable curiosity, although he was careful to seek advice from academics, antique dealers, and other collectors. Over time he formed a collection of powerful and atypical works sourced from the best African art dealers of the time, and the masterpieces in his collection attest to the keenness of his eye. They include an Ivorian Senufo maternity figure formerly in the René Salanon Collection (Paris), which is estimated at 200,000–300,000 euros. Also of particular note from this collection is a Luba-Shankadi headrest attributed to Master the of the Cascade Coiffure, which is likely to set a record for an object of its kind. Cradle. Sioux, Minnesota, United States. L: 104 cm. From a private French collection. Est.: 200,000–250,000 euros. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris. BELOW: Monkey. Bulul, Fang, Cameroon. H: 43 cm. Collected by Léon Truitard, c. 1920. Est.: 80,000–120,000 euros. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris. FAR LEFT: Mask. Dan, Côte d’Ivoire. H: 23 cm. Est.: 40,000–60,000 euros. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris. ABOVE: Headrest by the Master of the Cascade Coiffure. Luba-Shankadi, DR Congo. H: 17 cm. Collected by a Belgian administrator in 1907. Est.: 200,000–300 000 euros. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris. BELOW: Maternity figure. Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire. H: 59 cm. Ex René Salanon, Paris. Est.: 200,000–300,000 euros. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris.
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