28 ABOVE: Scepter. Luba, DR Congo. Malcolm Collection, vol. 2. To be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris, on June 22, 2016. Est. 35,000–50,000 euros. LEFT: Effi gy of a princess. Tshokwe, Angola. Malcolm Collection, vol. 2. To be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris, on June 22, 2016. Estimate on request. ABOVE: Reliquary guardian fi gure. Fang, Gabon. Malcolm Collection, vol. 2. To be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris, on June 22, 2016. Est. 350,000–500,000 euros. UPPER RIGHT: Ivory mask. Lega, DR Congo. Ex Adolphe and Suzanne Stoclet. To be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris, on June 22, 2016. Est. 1,000,000–1,500,000 euros. BELOW: Ancestor fi gure. Senufo, Côte d’Ivoire. Malcolm Collection, vol. 2. To be offered at Sotheby’s, Paris, on June 22, 2016. Est. 600,000–900,000 euros. ART in motion SOTHEBY’S IN JUNE Paris—In the wake of the success of the first part of the sale of the Daniel and Marian Malcolm Collection on May 7 in New York, which made $6.5 million for eleven lots, the second part of the sale of their collection is eagerly anticipated at Sotheby’s June 22 sale in Paris. Twelve more outstanding works from this collection, assembled over a fifty-year period of passion for African and Oceanic art, will be offered for sale and are sure to attract the interest of the most experienced collectors. Offerings range from the most modest object in terms of its estimate, a beautifully balanced Yaka headrest from DR Congo, to the most exceptional piece due to its rarity, an unaltered late-nineteenth-century Tshokwe female effigy of a princess from Angola. Between them are many other works that are among the finest of their kind, including a Fang reliquary figure that belonged to Paul Guillaume and a Senufo ancestor figure from the Carlo Monzino Collection. All of the works in this sale display extraordinary aesthetic qualities and share a quality of refinement that together testify to the keen eyes of the Malcolms, who assembled this collection as a couple. As usual, Sotheby’s will also offer lots consigned by various owners to complete its sale. It will feature art objects from the Congo, West Africa, and Oceania—the latter notably including a rare stool from the Austral Islands, collected on Rurutu in 1822 by George Bennet of the London Missionary Society and displayed in the 2006 Norwich exhibition Pacifi c Encounters curated by Steven Hooper. Another of the auction’s highlights will be a remarkable Lega ivory mask, a symbol of unity in the culture of Lega clans, from the Adolphe and Suzanne Stoclet Collection. First seen by the public in Nancy Cunard’s famous Negro: An Anthology in 1934 and most recently included in an exhibition at the Musée du Quai Branly, this mask has been part of many major events, including African Negro Art (MoMA, 1935) and Kongo Kunst (Antwerp, 1937). This is a unique opportunity for someone to acquire a true piece of history.
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