Lot 3. FIGURE OF ANCESTOR / SPIRITUAL PARTNER (BLOLO BIAN)

Pobřeží slonoviny / Ivory Coast

wood (Baule ethnic group, Ivory Coast)
height: 31 cm
at the bottom old label: Hermann Gerlinger collection


Provenance:
– collection of Hermann Gerlinger, Würzburg, Germany


Exhibited:
– Inspiration by a stranger. Painters of the Brücke Group and Non-European Art, Moritzburg
Foundation, Art Museum of Saxony-Anhalt, (13. 11. 2016–29. 1. 2017), cat. no. 13 (m. il., p. 40)


Publicated:
– Herman Gerlinger, Katja Schneider (eds.), Painters of the Die Brücke Group. Catalogue of the inventory of the Hermann
Gerlinger collection, Halle 2005, p. 419, SHG No. 904 (with illustration)

Consulted with Dr Irena Zantovska Murra y HonFRIBA, Professor Jaromir Zemina, Dr Jiri Machalicky and Vladimir Lekes.
Authenticity certificate enclosed.

A sculpture of exceptional museum quality.

Starting/Selling price
240.000 Kč
  |  
9 600 EUR
Estimate
300.000–400.000 Kč
  |  
12 000–16 000 EUR
Price realized
240.000 Kč