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ART IN MOTION
Pre-Columbian and African Art Sale
PARIS—On December 20, 2017, Eve auctioneers will
hold a sale at the Hôtel Drouot that will prominently
feature Taïno works from the Caribbean Islands, including
the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Cuba, and the
Bahamas, made before Spanish contact in the late-fi fteenth
century. A group of some fi fteen examples from
two private collections will be offered. Made of volcanic
stone, bone, or ceramic, these artworks are expressions
of the beliefs of a people whose social order was highly
stratifi ed and organized around the fi gure of a chief, or
cacique, and the shamanistic relationship with spirits
known as zemi.
The sale will also include Olmec, Maya, Veracruz, and
Aztec artworks. African art will be on hand as well, notable
within it a collection of headwear from the Congo
that was exhibited at the Musée de Cahors in 2014.
Winter BRUNEAF
BRUSSELS—Tribal art aficionados are well aware that every
year the galleries of the Sablon neighborhood come
out of hibernation for Winter BRUNEAF, an event that
brings together some thirty Belgian and foreign dealers
to present an array of artworks to collectors and to one
another. The dates for the 2018 event are January 24–
28. No specific thematic shows have been announced as
we go to press, but participating dealers will undoubtedly
be staging interesting and worthwhile exhibitions. A list
of the members of this dealers’ association that produces
events in both December and June can be found on its
recently renovated website.
FAR LEFT: Figure. Northern
Luba, DR Congo. 18th century.
Wood, leather, ritual materials. H: 40 cm.
To be offered by Congo Gallery at Winter
BRUNEAF, January 24–28, 2018.
Photo: Damien Perronet/Art Digital
Studio.
LEFT: Fetish.
Zombo, DR Congo.
Wood, fi ber. H: 30 cm.
Ex M. Nicaud, M. Chambaud.
To be offered by Renaud Riley at Winter
BRUNEAF, January 24–28, 2018.
Photo: Studio Philippe de Formanoir -
Paso Doble.
LOWER LEFT: Mask.
Ramu River region,
Papua New Guinea.
19th–early 20th century.
Wood, fi ber, pigment. H: 48.3 cm.
Ex J. J. Klejman, New York.
To be offered by Bruce Frank at Winter
BRUNEAF, January 24–28, 2018.
ABOVE: Flute stopper. Iatmul,
Middle Sepik, Papua New
Guinea.
Wood, pigment, fi ber. H: 60 cm.
To be offered by Punchinello at Winter
BRUNEAF, January 24–28, 2018.
Photo: Michel Gurfi nkel.
LEFT: Seated fi gure.
Kongo, DR Congo.
Wood, glass. H: 27.5 cm.
Collected in 1916.
Ex Merton D. Simpson, New York.
To be offered by Galerie Didier Claes at
Winter BRUNEAF, January 24–28, 2018.
Photo: Studio Philippe de Formanoir -
Paso Doble.
BELOW LEFT:
Pendant. Luba, DR Congo.
Ivory. H: 10 cm.
To be offered by Galerie Ambre
Congo at Winter BRUNEAF, January
24–28, 2018. Photo: Studio Philippe de
Formanoir - Paso Doble.
ABOVE: Pounder with two
heads. Taïno, Dominican
Republic. AD 800–500.
Volcanic stone. H: 17.5 cm.
Ex Ferdinand Anton, 1950–1960.
To be offered by Eve, Paris, on December
20, 2017.
Est. 2,000–3,000 euros.