Tribal Art Sale - Zemanek-Münster

Zemanek-Münster will present its 77th sale of tribal art and artifacts on June 28 in Würzburg.  The large group of offerings (numbering over 560) will include works from Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, South Asia, the Americas, and all over Africa.

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Reliquary figure  -  Fang, Equatorial Guinea

Bronze figure  -  Benin, Nigeria

Rice god, bul'ul  -  Ifugao, Philippines

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The Allan Stone Collection at Sotheby's

On November 15, 2013, Sotheby’s will present The Collection of Allan Stone: African, Oceanic, and Indonesian Art—Volume One, the first of two sales of the tribal art collection of the legendary New York art dealer. A second sale of equal size will be held in November 2014. Sotheby’s believes that this is the most significant African and Oceanic art collection to be offered in New York since the Helena Rubinstein auction in 1966. Many of the works to be offered have been included in publications and museum exhibitions. A small selection from the collection was the subject of the 2011 exhibition Power Incarnate: Allan Stone’s Collection of Sculpture from the Congo at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut. Among the highlights of the collection is an exceptional group of Songye power figures and Kongo nail figures from the Democratic Republic of the Congo—two of the most iconic genres of African art.

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Power figure  -  Kongo/Yombe, D. R. Congo

Warrior mask  -  Kuba, D.R. Congo

Kifwebe mask  -  Songye, D. R. Congo

Power figure  -  Songye, D. R. Congo

Power figure  -  Songye, D. R. Congo

Power figure  -  Songye, D. R. Congo

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Preview Exhibition at Sotheby's

Sotheby's Paris will host an exquisite preview exhibition of tribal art on September 10–14. Coinciding with the annual Parcours des Mondes, the installation will showcase highlights from the auctioneers' upcoming tribal art sales in November and December, the first of which will present African, Oceanic, and Indonesian masterpieces from the collection of Allan Stone.

Power figure, nkisi  -  Songye, D.R. Congo

Image courtesy of Sotheby's