Tribal Art Sale at Eve

Auctioneers Eve will present a sale of fine tribal art and artifacts on June 1 in Paris at the Drouot Richelieu. Featuring works from North America, Africa, and Oceania, the sale will highlight an array of exquisite Southwest objects, most importantly a number of archaic statues from the Mimbres and Anasazi.

For more information, view the online catalogue.

Figure of a bison  -  Mimbres or Anasazi  -  12th to 14th century

Kachina, Shalako Taka  -  Hopi or Zuni, Arizona  -  1880 or earlier  

Figure of Mother Earth  -  Mimbres or Anasazi  -  Ca 1000 CE

Images courtesy of Eve

Indigenous Beauty

Drawn from the celebrated Native American art collection of Charles and Valerie Diker, Indigenous Beauty: Masterworks of American Indian Art from the Diker Collection at the Seattle Art Museum features 122 masterworks representing tribes and First Nations across the North American continent. These captivating objects convey the extraordinary breadth and variety of Native American experience in North America. The exhibition shows the deep historical roots of Native art and its dynamism, as well as the living cultures and traditions of Native American groups through to the contemporary era. Indigenous Beauty emphasizes three interrelated themes—diversity, beauty, and knowledge—that relate both to the works’ original contexts and to the ways in which they might be experienced by non-Native visitors in a contemporary museum setting.

For more information, visit the exhibition's official website.

Man's summer coat  -  Naskapi, Labrador  -  1840

Snow goggles  -  Ipiutak, Alaska  -  5th–10th century

Mask  -  Yup'ik, Alaska  -  1916–1918

Katsina  -  Hopi, Arizona  -  1910–1930

Images courtesy of the Seattle Art Museum

Native American Art Auction - Bonhams - May 14, 2012

Bonhams will present a sale of Native American art and antiquities on May 14 in New York. Showcasing the collection of Nancy Sue and Judson C. Ball, the lots will comprise an impressive host of fine Hopi kachina dolls, groups of Apache baskets and Navajo weavings, and more.

Visit the official website. 

Kachina representing Sotuqnang-u, the God of the Sky  -  Hopi, Arizona, US

Kachina representing A-Ha Kachina mana  -  Hopi, Arizona, US

Painted drum head  -  Robert Davidson, Haida, Alaska, US

Child's blanket  -  Navajo, Arizona, US

Olla  - Apache, Central US

Information and images courtesy of Bonhams

The Florence Loeb Collection at Sotheby's - April 5

Daughter of the celebrated and visionary gallery-owner Pierre Loeb, the Parisian dealer of the greatest modern artists of the inter-war period, including Picasso, Miró and Giacometti, Florence Loeb inherited her father’s passion for distant cultures and his gift for forging special affinities with the most fascinating artistic personalities of his generation. Sotheby's will be offering Loeb's important collection of art and manuscripts on April 5 in Paris.

In addition to the finest ensemble of books and drawings by Antonin Artaud and a portrait of Pierre Loeb by Alberto Giacometti, the lots will include a selection of beautiful works from Africa, Oceania and the Americas.

View the online catalogue.

Tapa cloth  -  Humboldt Bay, Papua New Guinea

Byeri head  -  Fang, Gabon

Seated figure  -  Baule, Côte d'Ivoire

Kachina figure  -  Hopi, Arizona

Club  -  Solomon Islands

Bone mask  -  Eskimo, Alaska

Information and images courtesy of Sotheby's