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42 major collections—one American and the other European— which will be sold in New York and Paris as winter approaches, as well as an exceptional ensemble of French furniture and art objects. The result of this association will undoubtedly recall the remarkable interior spaces that housed the first Parisian tribal art collections and will certainly expose collectors to new ideas. Lastly, Sotheby’s will doubtless make a splash in the tribal world this September with its auction of Oceanic treasures from the Murray Frum Collection on September 16. Put together over the last fifty years, the Frum Collection— that of a Canadian businessman with great and refined taste, whose loss greatly saddened us just over a year ago—is an eloquent illustration of the wealth of art styles that come from this vast geographical area. The art of New Ireland will be well represented by an impressive uli figure, which is particularly unusual for having a second figure on its abdomen. It was collected in 1882 and was in the Linden Museum before passing through the hands of several collectors, including Serge Brignoni. The Polynesian figures in the sale have equally solid credentials, both formally and in terms of provenance, and will undoubtedly be highly coveted. Icons from the Frum Collection, such as the Rarotongan staff god formerly in the James Hooper Collection and a well-known freestanding Maori (New Zealand) statue—a unique example of a figure of this type in private hands—may well exceed the one- to two-million-euro estimates assigned to them. FAR LEFT: Artistic dialog within the exhibition Afrique(s) at Galerie Aveline. Organized in collaboration with Sotheby’s, Paris. LEFT: Ancestor figure, uli. Northern New Ireland. H: 140 cm. Est: €700,000–1,200,000. RIGHT: Flute, putorino. Maori, New Zealand. H: 59 cm. Est: €70,000–100,000. All above from Trésors Océaniens de la Collection Frum. To be offered by Sotheby’s, Paris, on September 16, 2014. © Art Digital Studio/Sotheby’s France. ART in motion LEFT: Staff god. Rarotonga, Cook Islands. H: 49 cm. Est: €1,000,000–1,500,000. RIGHT: Flywhisk handle, tahiri ra’a. Rurutu or Tupua’i, Austral Islands. H: 36 cm. Est: €70,000–100,000. SCREENED BEHIND: Pendant, hei tiki. Maori, New Zealand. H: 18 cm. Est: €70,000–100,000. All above from Trésors Océaniens de la Collection Frum. To be offered by Sotheby’s, Paris, on September 16, 2014. © Art Digital Studio/Sotheby’s France.


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