BELOW: Mask. Baga, Guinea. Pierre Robin Collection. Est. 6,000–12,000 euros. To be offered by de Baecque, 23 September 2016. 6600 ABOVE AND LEFT: Nok head, Nigeria, and an interior home view showing a sculpture by Jean-Jules Chasse-Pot. Pierre Robin Collection. To be offered by de Baecque, 23 September 2016. ART IN MOTION Early Preview PARIS—From September 5–11, Galerie Charpentier, Sotheby’s headquarters in France, will be a place that tribal art afi cionados will want to visit, since a selection of works from the department of Africa and Oceania’s upcoming sale on December 14 will be on view there. The auction will include lots consigned by various owners, as well as works from the collection of Viviane Jutheau, the Countess de Witt. The fi rst female auctioneer in France, the latter became enamored with and began collecting the arts of distant cultures in the 1980s after having made the acquaintance of André Schoeller, a man of refi ned taste with an astute and developed eye. The richness of this art that led to its discovery by the West in the early twentieth century is palpable in the collection that the Countess de Witt put together, which is especially strong in the arts of Gabon. Pierre Robin Sale PARIS—Paris auction house de Baecque et Associés has announced that on September 23 at the Hôtel Drouot, it will offer the objects and artworks that Pierre Robin, a tribal art dealer for nearly forty years, kept in his house in the Tarn region of France. Eclecticism and abundance are the words that describe this important group of artworks, which includes stools, African sculptures and textiles, Asian ethnographic objects, Pre-Columbian artifacts, and works of popular European art, as well as modern and contemporary artworks. The diversity of the lots and the very reasonable estimates (starting at 200–300 euros) are likely to attract bidding from a wide variety of collectors of all kinds. Anyone who still needs to be convinced to be interested in this diverse sale should attend the previews, which begin on September 21. Presentation PARIS—Christie’s Paris will also take advantage of the presence of the large number of tribal art enthusiasts in Paris in early September with a preview of some of the major artworks that it will offer in its December auctions. The presentation will be held at Christie’s location at 9 Rue Matignon from September 8–13. The fi rst of these sales is scheduled to take place on December 13 and will include African and Oceanic objects from various collections. Two days later, on December 15, Christie’s will offer the collection of an individual whose identity has not yet been disclosed. FAR RIGHT: Mask. Kota, Gabon. Wood, pigment. H: 99 cm. Collection of Viviane Jutheau, Countess de Witt. To be offered by Sotheby’s, Paris, on 14 December 2016. Est. 200,000–300,000 euros. LOWER RIGHT: Statue. Luba, DR Congo. Wood. H: 30 cm. Collection of Viviane Jutheau, Countess de Witt. To be offered by Sotheby’s, Paris, on 14 December 2016. Est. 180,000–250,000 euros.
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