ART IN MOTION Clamors of the World PARIS—Until November 30, Galerie Alain Bovis is presenting Clameurs du monde (Clamors of the Walls/Clamors of the World). Emphasizing aesthetics, the show conpares different ideas of beauty with one another. On the one hand, Jesus Iglesias, a traveler and photographer whose silver gelatin prints are entirely unretouched, is represented 26 a thematic exhibition titled Clameurs de murs/ by a selection of some twenty prints that are part of a series titled Clameurs des Murs (Clamors of the Walls) (2012–2014). Their subject is the exterior walls of the former house of Serge Gainsbourg in Rue de Verneuil in Paris. Contrasting with these are the perspectives of the now-anonymous artists who created some twenty antique objects from Africa, Oceania, and the Himalayas, each selected for its expressive quality and sculptural innovation. RIGHT: Female figure. Bari, Sudan. Wood. H: 55 cm. Ex Dr. Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler. To be offered at Artcurial, Paris, on December 6, 2017. Est. 15,000–20,000 euros. TOP RIGHT: Female figure. Dogon, Wakara substyle, Mali. Hardwood with dark patina. Ex Hélène and Philippe Leloup, Paris, c. 1985–1990; Eric Swenden, Belgium; Philippe Guimiot, Brussels; Lance Entwistle, Paris; private collection, France. To be offered at Artcurial, Paris, on December 6, 2017. Est. 250,000–300,000 euros. RIGHT: Caryatid stool. Luba, DR Congo. Wood. H: 55 cm. Ex Captain Henri Orquevaux, before 1914; private collection, Belgium. To be offered at Artcurial, Paris, on December 6, 2017. Est. 40,000–60,000 euros. male fi gure’s abdomen. It is estimated at 40,000–60,000 euros. The highlight of the auction will undoubtedly be lot 31, a female Dogon fi gure from Mali (est. 250,000– 300,000 euros) published in Hélène Leloup’s 1994 Statuaire Dogon, as well as in the exhibition catalog for the 2011 Arts d’Afrique. Voir l’Invisible exhibition. With its bent legs standing on a small base, its conical breasts set high up on the chest, its fl eshy lips, and its arrow-shaped nose, this sculpture was probably used in the course of fertility rituals. It is carved in the Wakara substyle, which developed in the Douentza area on the southern part of the Bandiagara Escarpment. Bidding may be intense for this rare artwork. LEFT: Ancestor figure. Korewori River, Middle Sepik, Papua New Guinea. 19th century or earlier. Wood. H: 82 cm. Ex Leo Fortess, Hawaii; Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris. Galerie Alain Bovis, Paris. Artcurial PARIS —On December 6, Paris auction house Artcurial will hold its second annual tribal art sale. With lots with estimates ranging from 5,000 to 300,000 euros, the sale will be aimed at inveterate collectors as well as at those developing an interest in collecting by acquiring some of the more affordable pieces. The latter will fi nd a Keaka fi gure from Nigeria (est. 5,000–8,000 euros) from the Pierre Parat Collection, as well as a group of seven objects, formerly the property of art historian Karl-Ferdinand Schaedler, most notable among them a Bari fi gure from Sudan (est. 15,000–20,000 euros). One of the major pieces in the sale is a Luba caryatid stool from DR Congo brought to Europe by Captain Henri Orquevaux before 1914. A greatly refi ned sculpture, this object has remarkably delicate scarifi cation designs adorning the fe-
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