African and Oceanic Art Sale at Lempertz

Lempertz will present a sale of fine African and Oceanic art and artifacts in Brussels on January 28. The lots will comprise a wide range of African masks and statuary, New Guinea carvings, and much more.  

View the online catalogue.

Images courtesy of Lempertz Auktionen

Tribal Art Auction - Lempertz, March 31

Lempertz of Cologne will present a sale of fine tribal art in Brussels on March 31. Among the lots will be an admirable selection of beautiful works from Oceania and West and Central Africa, the highlight of which comes in the form of a New Ireland uli figure once owned by the German artist Otto Dix.

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Uli figure  -  New Ireland

Caryatid stool  - Luba, DR Congo

Ancestor skull  -  Asmat, Papua New Guinea

Mask  -  Vuvi, Gabon

Ivory figurine  -  Lega, DR Congo

 

 

 

Zoomorphic bowl  -  Fiji

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Information and images courtesy of Lempertz

Lempertz Tribal Art Auction in Belgium This Week

Featuring African and Oceanic Art from an old Belgian Collection and other private owners, Lempertz will be hosting its Tribal Arts Auction in Brussels on Saturday, April 24th. The preview is going on now and will run until just before the auction.

Below are some lots up for for sale. Visit www.lempertz.com for more details.

Lempertz Tribal Art Auction Results

It's been quite a while since we wrote about the tribal art auction at the Lempertz Auction House and they took quite some time getting the results of the auction processed and up on the web. They're now available and so we wanted to do a quick rundown what turned out to be a rather lackluster auction. 

A total of 65 lots (of 189 lots or only 34%) sold on April 25, 2009 for a total of €275,950. Of the lots that we profiled in our last post -Lot 40, Lot 51, Lot 54, and Lot 60 - only Lot 54 actually sold, all others BIed or were Bought In by the house. Lot 54, the Fine Baule Mask pictured below, was estimated at €36,000 and actually sold for €37,000.

The highlight of the sold items was certainly Lot 183, "A Fine and Important Mangbetu Container" which was estimated to fetch between €40,000 and €60,000 and brought in €66,000 - one of the few pieces to exceed its high estimate. 

With the exception of these two pieces, there were few noteworthy pieces  that sold at the sale. All by the above two pieces were sold for prices €10,000 or below (with a low price of only €250).

Dori Rootenberg

www.JacarandaTribal.com

Lempertz Tribal Art Auction

25 April 2009 marks the annual Lempertz Tribal Art Auction in Cologne, Germany. Lempertz is one of the most well recognized art auction houses in Europe and the oldest family-owned one in the world. It has a rich history in the tribal arts field.

189 lots will be auctioned off at the upcoming auction. Those interested may see the collection at the auction house in Cologne during the coming week and in Brussels the following week.

Preview in Cologne

Tuesday 14 April - Friday 17 April

10 am - 1 pm and 2 pm - 5.30 pm

Saturday 18 April

10 am - 4 pm

Preview in Brussels

Tuesday 21 April – Friday 24 April

10 am - 6 pm

Saturday 25 April

10 am - 1 pm

The highlight of the auction is Lot 183, a Fine and Important Mangbetu Container that is estimated to fetch between €40,000 and €60,000. The Mangbetu are a culturally sophisticated tribe located in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

This base of this cylindrical container takes the form of a round traditional Mangbetu stool. Its center is formed from bark and its base and the wooden lid is a finely carved human head with a heart-shaped face, pointed chin, a small 
protruding mouth, a slender 
nose and round convex eyes. The container represents the elegant face of a 
Mangbetu woman sitting on a title 
stool, wearing the typical basketry 
disc on her hair.

In addition to the Mangbetu container, there are several other lots of particular interest including Lot 40, a Fine Lobi/Birifor Pair of Figures estimated between €32,000 and €38,000.

Lot 51, a Fine Senufo Staff estimated between €20,000 and €25,000.

Lot 54, a Fine Baule Mask estimated at €36,000.

And Lot 60, a Fine Baule Female Figure estimated between €34,000 and €38,000.

Stay tuned for the results and our auction summary after 25 April.

Dori Rootenberg

www.JacarandaTribal.com