Lucien Van de Velde & Joanna Teunen

Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 March 2012

FRO

MTOBENUE

NIGER

RIVER

DELTA

horse and rider, 82cmfigure, 53cmbuffalo mask, 75cmiron rattle, 33cmmarionette, 76cmpanel mask, 86cmfemale figure, 42cmmask, 27cmsickness mask, 35cmmaiden spirit mask, 46cmearthenware seated figure, 76cmearthenware seated figure; 34cmwater spirit mask, 58cmwater spirit mask (elephant), 94cmmale aku mask, 57cmfemale figure, 36cmfemale figure, 49cmfemale figure, 57cmmale figure, 28cmpair of figures, 35cmmale figure, 67.5cmdoll with beads, 27cmpost, 116cmmale figure, 70cmmale figure, 76cmmask, 56cmiphri, 92cm

Bassa NgeChambaChambaChamba

EketEket

GoemaiIbibioIbibio

IboIbo

IgalaIjoIjo

JukunJukunKakaMada

MambilaMambilaMambila

NamjiNupe

TivUrhoboUrhoboUrhobo

BASSA NGEhorse and rider, h.59cm, l.82cm

cfr. Fagg: Merveilles de l Art Nigérien , page 135publ. Chemeche: The Horse Rider in African Art , page 199

CHAMBAIron rattle, h.33cm

cfr. Berns: Arts of the Benue River , page 386

EKETMarionette, h.76cm

cfr. Neyt: L art Eket

EKETPanel mask, h.86cmex collection Dufour

Publ. Claes: Nigerian Primitivism

IBIBIOSickness mask, h.35cm

ex Rasmussen, 1972publ. Het Masker in de Wereld, Masques du Monde

De Smet: Herbs, Health and Healers

IBOEarthenware seated figure, h.76cm

ex collection Dufourcfr Dapper: Afrique Secrète , page 47

IGALAEarthenware seated figure, h.34cmcfr. Evers: Art of the Upper Benue River , nr 27

IJOWater spirit mask (elephant) h.94cm

cfr Anderson & Peek: Ways of the Rivers , page 192

JUKUNMale aku mask, h.57cm

cfr. Fardon: Fusions , page 109

KAKAFemale figure, h.49cm

publ. Cornette de Saint Cyr, 20 Juin 1999, lot 176Yale Nr 0034504

MADAFemale figure, h.57cm

MAMBILAMale figure, h.28cm

ex Henrion

MAMBILAMale figure, h.67.5cm

ex Michael Serafin (Los Angeles)publ. Winter Bruneaf 2009

TIVMale figure, h.70cm

cfr. Martin & Neyt: Arte Tiv

URHOBOMale figure, h.76cm

cfr. Perkins Foss: Where Gods and Mortals Meet

URHOBOIphri, h.92cm

ex collection Miehlercfr. Perkins Foss

Fagg (William): Merveilles de l Art Nigérien , Edition du Chêne (Paris, France), 1963

Chemeche (George), Pemberton (John, III), de Grunne (Bernard): The Horse Rider in African Art , Antique Collectors Club (USA), 2011

Berns (Marla C.), Fardon (Richard), Kasfir (Sidney Littlefield): "Central Nigeria unmasked, arts of the Benue river valley", Fowler Museum UCLA (Los Angeles, USA), 2011

Neyt (François): L art Eket, collection Azar , Abeille International (Paris, France), 1979

Claes (Didier): Nigerian Primitivism , Claes Gallery (Bruxelles, Belgium), 2007

"Masques du monde - Het masker in de wereld", Société Générale de Banque (Bruxelles, Belgium), 1974

De Smet (Peter): Herbs, Health & Healers. Africa as Ethnopharmacological treasury , Berg en Dal Afrika Museum (Netherlands), 1999

Wittmer (Marcilene K.), Arnett (William): "Three rivers of Nigeria: Art of the Lower Niger, Cross, and Benue from the collection of William and Robert Arnett", High Museum of Art (Atlanta, USA), 1978

Falgayrettes-Leveau (Christiane): "Afrique secrète", Musée Dapper (Paris, France)

Evers (Christophe), "Art of the Upper Benue River", (Bruxelles, Belgium)

Anderson (Martha G.), Peek (Philip M.): "Ways of the Rivers: Arts and Environment of the Niger Delta", University Of California Los Angeles / Fowler (Los Angeles, USA), 2002

Fardon (Richard), "Fusions - Masquerades and Thought Style East of the Niger-Benue Confluence, West Africa", Saffron Afriscopes (London, UK), 2007

van Rijn (Guy): The Jukun Statuary , (Bruxelles, Belgium), 2005

Krüger (Christoph): "Dowayo - Namchi poupèès du Cameroun. Les Dowayo et leur culte", Verlag U. Gottschalk (Dusserdolf, Germany)

Neyt (François), Martin: "Objetos y esculturas de arte Tiv", Cristobal Benitez (Madrid, Spain), 2004

Foss (Perkins) [editor]: "Where Gods and Mortals Meet: Continuity and Renewal In Urhobo Art", Museum for African Art (New York, USA), 2004

Catalogue de vente, Cornette de Saint Cyr (Paris, France), 20 Juin 1999

Catalogue Winter BRUNEAF (Bruxelles, Belgium), 2009

Bibliography

Photography: Lucien Van de Velde,Layout: F.Cloth