[AFRICAN ARTS - IVORY COAST - SUDAN]. — African Sculptures. - Lot 9

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[AFRICAN ARTS - IVORY COAST - SUDAN]. — African Sculptures. - Lot 9
[AFRICAN ARTS - IVORY COAST - SUDAN]. — African Sculptures. Gold Jewelry from the Ivory Coast. Terracotta from Pre-Hispanic America. Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Room No. 10, May 9, 1956. Auction catalog, large quarto, paperback with a red cover illustrated with an African statuette, title in black. Mr. Maurice Rheims, auctioneer; Jean Roudillon, expert. Catalog of this auction devoted primarily to African art, featuring notably a significant collection of sculptures from the Ivory Coast and Sudan: loom pulleys, statuettes and fetishes, maternity figures, masks, and sculptures from the Senufo, Baoulé, Guéré, and Dan sculptures, as well as pieces from French Congo and Gabon. Also included are gold jewelry from the Ivory Coast, notably from the Baoulé and Attié regions, and terracotta pieces from pre-Hispanic America. Illustrated with separate photographic plates reproducing several of the works offered for sale, including anthropomorphic pulleys and statuettes. The auction of May 9, 1956, conducted by Maurice Rheims with Jean Roudillon serving as expert, is well documented in modern bibliographies of auction catalogs of what was then termed “primitive” art; it took place between two other Rheims-Roudillon auctions from 1955 and the April 1957 auction devoted in particular to Benin bronzes. These Drouot catalogs from the 1950s are now valuable documents for the history of the market and the provenance of African art: they make it possible to trace the presence of objects on the Parisian market at a specific date, sometimes several decades before their reappearance at auction. Jean Roudillon would, in fact, become a prominent figure in the field of African art appraisal, as confirmed by the numerous catalogs preserved and cataloged by the BnF. In good condition for this type of catalog. The red cover is intact, though slightly creased and marked, with a few small stains on the back cover. A few creases and minor signs of wear; the upper corner of the first plate is slightly creased. The interior is generally clean. The binding appears sturdy.
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