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LEFT: Female ancestor fi gure.
Fiji. Early to mid 19th
century.
Wood. H: 66.6 cm.
Ex James Hooper, London; James
Willis, San Francisco; Allan Stone,
New York.
To be offered by Rago Auctions on
October 19, 2018, est. $100,000–
150,000.
LEFT: Buffalo-form slit gong.
Lobala, Democratic Republic
of the Congo. 20th century.
Wood. L: 251.5 cm.
Ex Allan Stone, New York.
To be offered by Rago Auctions on
October 19, 2018, est. $20,000–
40,000.
RIGHT: Kifwebe mask.
Luba-Songye, Democratic
Republic of the Congo.
Wood. H: 41.3 cm.
Ex Armand Arman, New York; John
Giltsoff, London; Allan Stone, New
York.
To be offered by Rago Auctions on
October 19, 2018, est. $100,000–
150,000.
but these are usually large sales with 500 lots or more
encompassing a wide spectrum of prices and interests.
A notable highlight of this sale will be a fi ne Navajo
second phase man’s wearing blanket.
SOTHEBY’S
NEW YORK—Building upon the success of the Barnet
auction in May, during which 100% of the lots
sold and the presale estimate was exceeded, Sotheby’s
is planning another curated selection of the arts
of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas in New York.
This various-owner sale will be timed as usual to coincide
with the major auctions of contemporary, impressionist,
and modern art held during the height of
the New York season. The sale is scheduled for November
12, 2018, and further details about what will
certainly be a stimulating offering will be available at
sothebys.com.
ART IN MOTION
ty from Stone’s collection across multiple categories.
Among the sale’s highlights are the Flores Island couple
featured as the frontispiece in The Eloquent Dead:
Ancestral Sculpture of Indonesia and Southeast Asia;
a well-known Fiji fi gure formerly in the James Hooper
Collection; many fi ne objects from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, notable among them a Kongo
nail fetish collected between 1907 and 1909 and
an important Songe kifwebe mask; a Bamileke royal
sculpture; a fi ne Lobala drum; and an important Igbo
ikenga post.
HERITAGE
DALLAS—Heritage Auctions will hold its autumn
ethnographic art sale on November 12, 2018. It will
feature a combination of arts from Africa, Oceania,
and the Americas, both historic and Pre-Columbian.
The catalog is a work in progress as we go to press,
BELOW: Man’s wearing blanket, second phase
chief’s pattern. Navajo, American Southwest.
19th century.
Wool.
To be offered by Heritage Auctions on November 12, 2018,
est. $75,000–95,000.
/sothebys.com
