Dan, Ivory Coast, Liberia: a typical ‘mother and child figure’ of the Dan, in the form of a standing mother, with her child on her back.
Dan, Ivory Coast, Liberia: a typical ‘mother and child figure’ of the Dan, in the form of a standing mother, with her child on her back.
A large sculpture, made of hard, heavy wood, originally dyed black and accentuated with white. The figure shows a standing woman, with a hairstyle of two crests and a typical Dan face with pouting lips. With free-hanging arms, as well as with decorative scarification marks, jewellery and sandals crafted in raised relief. On her back, the mother carries a child. Such mother and child figures amongst the Dan may honour a specific woman and her motherhood, or as ‘ancestor figures’ they may also commemorate significant individuals. A fine, impressive Dan piece, with only minor cracks due to age and some small breaks, as well as with colour scuffing at exposed places and good, partly shiny patina.
Height: 71 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium; then: Jan Maes Collection, Holland; then: Piet Dijk Collection, Holland; then: Austrian private collection.
Lit.:
‘Die Kunst der Dan’ by Eberhard Fischer & Hans Himmelheber, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, ill. 140, 143.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
20.02.2017 - 14:00
- Dosažená cena: **
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EUR 2.750,-
- Vyvolávací cena:
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EUR 1.700,-
Dan, Ivory Coast, Liberia: a typical ‘mother and child figure’ of the Dan, in the form of a standing mother, with her child on her back.
A large sculpture, made of hard, heavy wood, originally dyed black and accentuated with white. The figure shows a standing woman, with a hairstyle of two crests and a typical Dan face with pouting lips. With free-hanging arms, as well as with decorative scarification marks, jewellery and sandals crafted in raised relief. On her back, the mother carries a child. Such mother and child figures amongst the Dan may honour a specific woman and her motherhood, or as ‘ancestor figures’ they may also commemorate significant individuals. A fine, impressive Dan piece, with only minor cracks due to age and some small breaks, as well as with colour scuffing at exposed places and good, partly shiny patina.
Height: 71 cm.
First half of the 20th century. (ME)
Provenance:
Private collection, Belgium; then: Jan Maes Collection, Holland; then: Piet Dijk Collection, Holland; then: Austrian private collection.
Lit.:
‘Die Kunst der Dan’ by Eberhard Fischer & Hans Himmelheber, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, ill. 140, 143.
Expert: Prof. Erwin Melchardt
Prof. Erwin Melchardt
+43-1-515 60-465
erwin.melchardt@dorotheum.at
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Po-Pá: 10.00 - 17.00
kundendienst@dorotheum.at +43 1 515 60 200 |
Aukce: | Mimoevropské a domorodé umění |
Typ aukce: | Salónní aukce |
Datum: | 20.02.2017 - 14:00 |
Místo konání aukce: | Wien | Palais Dorotheum |
Prohlídka: | 11.02. - 20.02.2017 |
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