ART in motion AUCTIONS IN NEW YORK New York—Sotheby’s will hold its spring sale of art from Africa, Oceania, and the ancient Americas in New York on May 14. It will be led by a rare Pende helmet mask that was featured in the 1984 Primitivism show at MOMA. Also featured will be highlights from the New York estate of the late Helena Segy and, by extension, the personal collection of her noted husband, Ladislas Segy. Significant among these are a rare Ngbandi ivory spoon and an unusually early Kota reliquary. A large and fine Lobi couple from the collection of Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler and an Mbembe figure once owned by Georg Baselitz will also be offered. An unusual highlight of the sale is an extremely early Kanak stone figure from New Caledonia. It was collected by the missionary Père Pierre Lambert between 1856 and 1863. He published it in 1880 and again in 1900, after which it remained largely unknown in French and Dutch missionary collections until it resurfaced in the Kanak exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly in 2013. The preview for this New York sale will also feature highlights from Sotheby’s upcoming June 24 sale of African and Oceanic art to be held in Paris. A relative newcomer to the game, Berlin-based Auctionata will hold a sale of art from Africa and Oceania on March 31 from its “auction studio” in New York. This auction house’s mission is to utilize an interactive online presence, so while its sales function as traditional auctions, bidding is done absentee, by phone, or online. This sale features a variety of offerings, the highlight of which is a pre-WWII Senufo figure. For more information, go to auctionata.com. As part of the May tribal art events in New York City, Christie’s will hold two previews of its June 23 Paris sale at its Rockefeller Center headquarters from May 1–3 and May 8–12. Highlights include an important Jukun figure formerly owned by Jacques Kerchache and documented by anthropologist Arnold Rubin. In addition to other strong sculptural offerings, the sale will include a fine selection of Yoruba beadwork of a quality not seen in the market since the early 1990s and a rare Bamileke beaded head, atwonzen, from Cameroon, published by Pierre Harter. BONHAMS San Francisco—Bonhams will hold a sale of tribal art in San Francisco on May 5 featuring a large and varied assortment of art from African and Oceania. As we go to press, the details of the sale have not yet been released but, as in previous years, there are certain to be interesting artworks offered at reasonable estimates. Male and female pair. Lobi, Burkina Faso. Ex Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler. Wood. H: 96 and 92.5 cm. To be offered by Sotheby’s, New York, May 14. Est. $100,000– 150,000. Figural spoon. Ngbandi, DR Congo. Ex Helena and Ladislas Segy, New York. Ivory. H: 17.1 cm. To be offered by Sotheby’s, New York, May 14. Est. $15,000– 25,000. Standing figure. Jukun, Nigeria. Ex Jacques Kerchache, Paris. Wood. H: 68.6 cm. To be offered by Christie’s, Paris, June 23. Est. 200,000– 300,000 euros. FAIRS AND AUCTIONS: 13–22 March 2015 TEFAF Maastricht, The Netherlands www.tefaf.com 18 March 2015 Bibliothèque Raoul Lehuard Tajan, Paris www.tajan.com 19–23 March 2015 Paris Visconti Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris 21 March 2015 Tribal Art Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg www.tribal-art-auktion.de 26–29 March 2015 Pavillon des arts et du Design Jardin des tuileries, Paris www.pad-fairs.com 31 March 2015 African & Oceanic Art Auctionata, New York auctionata.com 5 May 2015 African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art Bonhams, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 9–11 April 2014 Paris Tribal Paris 6th www.paristribal.com 14 May 2015 African, Oceanic, & Pre-Columbian Art Sotheby’s, New York www.sothebys.com 14–17 May 2015 Madison Ancient & Tribal Art Arader Gallery, New York www.madisonancientandtribalart.com 14–17 May 2015 AOA New York Art Fair Upper East Side, New York www.aoany.com 16–17 May 2015 The Amsterdam Trail Amsterdam, The Netherlands www.amsterdamtrail.nl 21 May 2015 Arts of the American West Sotheby’s, New York www.sothebys.com 2 June 2015 Art Amérindien et précolombien Eve Auction, Paris www.auctioneve.com 22 June 2015 Art Tribal Artcurial, Paris www.artcurial.com 23 June 2015 Art africain et océanien Christie’s, Paris www.christies.com 24 June 2015 Art d’Afrique et d’Océanie Sotheby’s, Paris www.sothebys.com
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