SOTHEBY'S - Lot 282

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SOTHEBY'S - Lot 282
SOTHEBY'S Important Primitive Works of Art. From the Collection of a European Nobleman and Other Owners. African, Oceanic, and American Indian Works of Art. London, Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., June 23, 1981. Large 4to, paperback, color-illustrated cover, 162 pp., numerous black-and-white photographic reproductions and a few color illustrations. An important auction catalog of primitive art held at Sotheby’s galleries, 34 & 35 New Bond Street in London, on Tuesday, June 23, 1981, at 10:30 a.m. The specialized bibliography lists this auction under the title *Important Primitive Works of Art*. The auction brought together a particularly representative collection of art from Africa, Oceania, and Native Americans, drawn notably from a European aristocratic collection. Notable items included frontlets from the American Northwest Coast, Kwakiutl masks, a Tlingit ceremonial dagger, Māori objects, sculptures from New Ireland and Hawaii, as well as important African works: a Benin head and plaque, a Kongo nail fetish, a Kifwebe mask, a Songye figure, a Fang sculpture, and a Bena Lulua ancestor figure. Each lot is accompanied by a descriptive entry, often including bibliographic, historical, provenance, or exhibition references, as well as a photographic reproduction. The photographs notably feature a Korwar ancestor figure from Geelvink Bay from the A. D. Kruyt collection, an uli figure from New Ireland, as well as a Bangwa funerary figure and an Oba reliquary head from Benin. An interesting reference catalog on the history of the market and the provenance of African and Oceanic art in the early 1980s. Well-used copy: cover slightly yellowed and rubbed, with a few creases, scratches, and minor signs of wear; corners and endpapers slightly rubbed.
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