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38 BELOW LEFT: Floris Jespers, Jeune femme luba, Kamina. Oil on canvas. To be offered by Artcurial, Paris, on November 9, 2015. Est. 80,000–120,000 euros. BELOW AND LOWER LEFT: Pair of Nariño gold ornaments with stylized monkey imagery (AD 800– 1200) and a group of miniature masks from West Africa. To be offered at Heritage, Dallas, on November 6, 2015. ABOVE RIGHT AND BELOW: Tongan spear club and Aleutian grass purse. Collected between 1781 and 1796 by Captain William Trotter. To be offered at Skinner, Boston, November 7, 2015. BELOW: Jacques Majorelle, Marché à Macenta, Guinée. 1952. Mixed paint on hardboard. To be offered by Artcurial, Paris, on November 9, 2015. Est. 200,000–300,000 euros. AFRICANISM Paris—On November 9, Artcurial will hold a sale dedicated to Africanist painters from a Parisian private collection. Among its many offerings will be eleven paintings by the French artist Jacques Majorelle. A preview of the sale will be held in September. HERITAGE Dallas—On November 6, 2015, Heritage will hold a sale featuring American Indian, Pre-Columbian, and tribal art. The Pre-Columbian element of the sale is strong in Central and South American goldwork and other jewelry, and Native American beadwork, pipes, and jewelry will also be offered. The centerpiece of the sale will be the Howard and Catherine Feldman Collection, which features more than 350 masks, largely from Mexico and the Himalayas, as well as a substantial number of Congo maskettes. Rarely have so many examples from these three regions been offered for public sale at once. Also featured will be shields and a variety of wood sculptures from various cultures. As we go to press, the estimates have not been set, but they promise to be reasonable. SKINNER Boston—On November 7, Skinner Inc. will hold an eclectic auction of American Indian and ethnographic art including objects collected by ship Captain William Trotter during his voyages in the Pacifi c and Atlantic oceans between 1781 and 1796. Included will be a rare eight-foot-long Tongan spear club presented to Trotter by a Tongan king during a reprovisioning s topover in 1796 (est. $15,000–$20,000) and an Aleutian Island straw purse, made of American dune grass or beach wild rye grass, natural and red-dyed sea mammal gut, blue-dyed wool or mammal hair, with nativetanned rawhide closure, produced by a culture known for its exceptionally fi ne twining. The purse is dated to 1792 and estimated at $6,000–$8,000. Trotter’s ship logs from these voyages were recently sold by Skinner for $22,140. ART in motion


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