Lot No. 47


A Dan Gio 'Iü me' pair,


A Dan Gio 'Iü me' pair, - Tribal Art

Liberia. Wood, 39 and 40 cm high. These figures are called 'Iü me', which literally means wooden person. Similar figures were collected in northeastern Liberia by Alfred Tulk (1899-1988) in 1932. (VJ)

Provenance:
Paolo Morigi Lugano, Switzerland;
Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Davos/Paris, Switzerland/France, 1980.

Published:
Paolo Morigi "Scultura II", Lugano: Galleria Arte Primitivo, 1975:#11;
Morigi (Paolo), "Raccolta di un amatore d'arte primitiva", Kunstmuseum Bern, 1980:85, #83;
"Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien. Eine unbekannte Privatsammlung/Art d'Afrique et d'Océanie. Une collection privée inconnue", Bern: Kunstmuseum/Musée des Beaux-Arts de Berne, 1980: Cat. #83 (not illustrated);
Arts d'Afrique Noire, no.82, 1992. Exhibited: "Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien. Eine unbekannte Privatsammlung", Bern, 22. August-2. November 1980. AHDRC inventory number 0063155.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com

28.06.2023 - 15:23

Estimate:
EUR 7,000.- to EUR 8,000.-
Starting bid:
EUR 3,500.-

A Dan Gio 'Iü me' pair,


Liberia. Wood, 39 and 40 cm high. These figures are called 'Iü me', which literally means wooden person. Similar figures were collected in northeastern Liberia by Alfred Tulk (1899-1988) in 1932. (VJ)

Provenance:
Paolo Morigi Lugano, Switzerland;
Georges Frederick Keller (1899-1981), Davos/Paris, Switzerland/France, 1980.

Published:
Paolo Morigi "Scultura II", Lugano: Galleria Arte Primitivo, 1975:#11;
Morigi (Paolo), "Raccolta di un amatore d'arte primitiva", Kunstmuseum Bern, 1980:85, #83;
"Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien. Eine unbekannte Privatsammlung/Art d'Afrique et d'Océanie. Une collection privée inconnue", Bern: Kunstmuseum/Musée des Beaux-Arts de Berne, 1980: Cat. #83 (not illustrated);
Arts d'Afrique Noire, no.82, 1992. Exhibited: "Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien. Eine unbekannte Privatsammlung", Bern, 22. August-2. November 1980. AHDRC inventory number 0063155.

Specialist: Joris Visser Joris Visser
+32-2-514 00 34

Joris.Visser@dorotheum.com


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Auction: Tribal Art
Auction type: Online auction
Date: 28.06.2023 - 15:23
Location: Vienna | Palais Dorotheum
Exhibition: 24.06. - 28.06.2023

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