Kuba (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Wood with a dark coating, traces of tukula dust (*)
H 42 cm
Estimate
€ 8.000 - 10.000
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Provenienza
- George F. Keller antique collection (New York / Davos) (Inv. G.F.K. 275);
- Former Paolo Morigi collection (Lugano);
- Former private collection (Lugano);
Literature
Reproduced in:
- MORIGI PAOLO “Raccolta di un amatore d’arte primitiva” Magliaso, Lugano & Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland 1980, fig. 277, page 308;
- VENTURI LUCA M. “Anime antiche, arte negra, da una raccolta di sculture dell’Africa occidentale” BSI Bank, Lugano 2002, fig. 42;
- FELIX MARK LEO “100 Peoples of Zaire and their sculpture: Kuba, pages 62-63”, Brussels 1987;
- CORNET JOSEPH “Art de l’Afrique Noire au pays du fleuve Zaire” Brussels 1972, pages 120-140;
- ROBBINS M. WARREN & NOOTER NANCY INGRAM “African art in American Collections” 2004 Atglen, PA-USA, page 421;
aaa- Berna 1980, Musée des Beaux Arts;
- Lugano 2002, Palazzo Riva, Banca Svizzera Italiana (BSI);
(*) “This is a red wood dust (bark of Pterocarpus) mixed with fat. It protects against termites and its red colour has a symbolic meaning. The indigenous people rub their skin with it, as well as greasing their dead and their ancestors’ sculptures with it.” Elsy Leuzinger 1972, page 240.