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Christie’s PARIS—Following the appointment of Bruno Claessens as its European director, Christie’s department of African and Oceanic art continues to develop. In early October it was announced Victor Teodorescu is joining Claessens and international department head Susan Kloman at the auction house’s Paris offi ce. A philosopher with a background in art history, Teodorescu has focused his career on the art market, alternating positions with auction houses and galleries. His name will be familiar to many because he was on the staff of Lempertz auction house in Brussels for more than fi ve years, during which time he honed his expertise in the areas of African and Oceanic art. On December 15 and 16, Christie’s will hold a sale titled Aristide Courtois, Charles Ratton, Au coeur de la succession Madeleine Meunier (Aristide Courtois, Charles Ratton: The Estate of Madeleine Meunier) at the Hôtel Drouot. This auction is an homage to these three fi gures, all vital protagonists in the story of how tribal art gained recognition in the West. Courtois was a colonial administrator and an indefatigable collector of objects, Ratton was a famed expert and the aesthete, and Meunier was married to both of them in turn. Produced in cooperation with Millon auction house in Paris, this event is expected to garner a great deal of interest among col- Auctions and Shows 1 December 2016 American Indian and Ethnographic Art Skinner, Boston www.skinnerinc.com 5 December 2016 Native American Art Bonhams, San Francisco www.bonhams.com 6 December 2016 African, Oceanic, and Pre-Columbian Art Bonhams, Los Angeles www.bonhams.com 6 December 2016 Art Tribal Artcurial, Paris www.artcurial.com 12 December 2016 North American Indian, Pre-Colombian, African, and Oceanic Art EVE, Drouot Richelieu, Paris www.auctioneve.com 12 December 2016 Le Prix International du Livre d’Art Tribal Sotheby’s, Paris www.prixpilat.com 13 December 2016 American Indian Art Heritage, Dallas www.ha.com 14 December 2016 African and Oceanic Art Collection of Viviane Jutheau, Comtesse de Witt, and various owners Sotheby’s, Paris www.sothebys.com 15 December 2016 Aristide Courtois and Charles Ratton: The Estate of Madeleine Meunier Christie’s – Millon, Hôtel Drouot, Paris www.christies.com 18–22 January 2017 Winter BRUNEAF Sablon, Brussels www.bruneaf.com 21–29 January 2017 BRAFA Tour & Taxis, Brussels www.brafa.be 24 January 2017 Tribal Art Lempertz, Brussels www.lempertz.com 24–29 January 2017 LARTA Battersea Park, London www.larta.net 9–12 February 2017 San Francisco Tribal & Textile Art Show Festival Pavilion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco sanfranciscotribalandtextileartshow. com 17–19 February 2017 The American Indian Art Show–Marin Marin Civic Center, San Rafael, www.marinshow.com 20 February 2017 Tribal Art Dorotheum, Vienna www.dorotheum.com 25 February 2017 Tribal Art Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg www.tribal-art-auktion.de 1 March 2017 Tribal Art & Antiquities Woolley & Wallis Salerooms, Salisbury, UK www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk lectors, who have been speculating for years about just what was in Meunier’s very secret collection. The sale will be divided into two parts. The second, on December 16, will be devoted to furniture, silver, jewelry, and other objects that belonged to her, but the fi rst, on December 15, will feature nearly eighty African and Oceanic art objects, as well as about sixty lots of archaeological material, all assembled by Aristide Courtois and Charles Ratton. Two emblematic works that have not been seen for more than half a century will be among the highlights of the sale: a Fang fi gure with an Inagaki base that belonged to Charles Ratton (est. 300,000–500,000 euros) and a Luba Shankadi headrest (est. 500,000–800,000 euros), also once the property of Ratton, attributed to the hand of the celebrated Master of the Cascade Coiffure, who was active in the Congo in the nineteenth century. TOP: Headrest with figural supports, attributed to the Master of the Cascade Coiffure. Luba-Shankadi, DR Congo. Wood. H: 17.5 cm. Ex Charles Ratton, Paris. To be offered as part of the Madeleine Meunier Collection by Christie’s, Paris, on December 15, 2016. Est. 500,000– 800,000 euros. © Christie’s Images Ltd, 2016. LEFT: Headrest. Yaka, DR Congo. Wood, metal. H: 17 cm. Ex Marcel Coard, Paris, 1934; Charles Ratton, Paris. To be offered as part of the Madeleine Meunier Collection by Christie’s, Paris, on December 15, 2016. Est. 40,000–60,000 euros. © Christie’s Images Ltd, 2016. LEFT: Headrest. Sepik River, Papua New Guinea. Wood, ocher and blue pigment, fiber. H: 13.5 cm. Ex Charles Ratton, Paris. To be offered as part of the Madeleine Meunier Collection by Christie’s, Paris, on December 15, 2017. Est. 30,000–50,000 euros. © Christie’s Images Ltd, 2016. LARTA LONDON—The biggest textile arts fair in Europe, the London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair (known by its acronym LARTA), created in 2011, is reinventing itself this year in the hope of attracting greater numbers of exhibitors and visitors. Its founder, Aaron Nejad, announced that this year’s event will be held from January 24–29 in Battersea Park as part of another prestigious winter fair, the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair.


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