ART in motion Sales and Shows: 27 November 2015 International Tribal Art Book Prize Awarded at Sotheby’s, Paris www.prixpilat.com 2 December 2015 African and Oceanic Art Bonhams, Los Angeles www.bonhams.com 2 December 2015 African and Oceanic Art Sotheby’s, Paris www.sothebys.com 3 December 2015 African, Oceanic, and Native American Art Christie’s, Paris www.christies.com 7 December 2015 Native American Art Bonhams, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 7 December 2015 Native American, Pre- Columbian, African, and Oceanic Art EVE Drouot Richelieu, Paris www.auctioneve.com 20–24 January 2016 Winter BRUNEAF Brussels, Belgium www.bruneaf.com 23 January 2016 African and Oceanic Art Native, Brussels www.native-auctions.com 23–31 January 2016 BRAFA 2016 Brussels, Belgium www.brafa.be 19–21 February 2016 San Francisco Tribal & Textile Arts Show Fort Mason, San Francisco www.caskeylees.com 27 February 2016 82nd Tribal Art Auction Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg www.tribal-art-auktion.de 30 art afi cionado Jacques Kerchache. An important Yombe (Democratic Republic of Congo) nail fi gure, formerly in the Raymond Wielgus Collection and similar to another example in the Fowler Museum at UCLA, will be among the other noteworthy African objects in this auction. The arts of Oceania will be well represented as well. This section is led by an important Saibai Island (Torres Strait) mask from the Jolika Collection at the de Young Museum of San Francisco, which was included in the 1984 Primitivism exhibition at MOMA. Also featured is the rare Paiwanese sculpture from the village of Lai in Taiwan that garnered so much admiration and attention when it was presented at the Arts de Taiwan exhibition at Galerie Kamer in 1973. EVE Paris—While the general tendency among auction houses in recent years has been to offer a limited number of very important works at their sales, some still choose to put up a larger number of works for sale with the intent of attracting the interest of a larger number of collectors. This will be the case at the next EVE auction, which will be held on December 7 at Drouot Richelieu, following a two-day preview. It will consist of four sections, each devoted to a particular area. The fi rst will be North America, primarily featuring an ensemble of Kachina dolls. The second will be devoted to Pre-Columbian art, with about fi fty lots, mostly ceramic objects. African art will then be offered, followed by Oceanic objects, including weapons, masks, and tapa beaters. ARTCURIAL POSTPONED Paris—As we go to press, Paris auction house Artcurial has announced that its winter sale has been postponed. It was originally scheduled to be held December 14 and was to include, among other items, a Mumuye fi gure from Nigeria, formerly in the Jacques Kerchache collection, as well as a noteworthy Baule fi gure. We will announce the new date as soon as it is decided. ABOVE: The Coray-Kerchache Kota (detail). Ndassa, Gabon. Ex Han Coray, Zurich/Agnuzzo; probably Paolo Morigi, Lugano; Jacques Kerchache, Paris. To be offered at Christie’s, Paris, on December 3, 2015. Est. 850,000–1,250,000 euros. RIGHT: Reliquary guardian fi gure. Fang, Gabon. Ex Paul Guillaume, André Fourquet. To be offered at Christie’s, Paris, on December 3, 2015. Est. 2,000,000–3,000,000 euros. has been the property of an Alsatian family since 1935, have never been on the market in recent memory, so the auction promises to arouse a great deal of interest. The cocktail preview for this sale will be held on Friday, November 27, during which the winners of the 2016 International Tribal Art Book Prize will be announced. The prize is awarded by Tribal Art magazine in partnership with Sotheby’s to the fi eld’s best new publications in English and French categories, selected by an independent international jury. CHRISTIE’S Paris—Christie’s Paris will hold its December tribal art sale on December 3, featuring more than 100 rigorously selected works, some of which are hitherto unknown and appear on the market for the fi rst time. The most coveted lot in the auction, estimated at between two and three million euros, will be the famous Fang fi gure that André Fourquet placed himself in debt to buy at the sale of the Paul Guillaume Collection in 1965 and which comes to market from another private collection. Also of note is the Coray-Kerchache Kota, a signifi cant Ndassa reliquary guardian fi gure formerly owned by notable Swiss collector Han Coray and later famed French
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