Bwa or Nuna Mask, Burkina Faso
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September 13, 04:24 PM GMT
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10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Bwa or Nuna Mask, Burkina Faso
The reverse with several labels:A printed "Pottier emballeur" label, inscribed in black ink: "326 / m Tzara exp. art negre New York" the label with a printed customs stamp label: "IMPORTED FROM FRANCE"
A printed Andre Chenue & Fils label inscribed "20137 ND"
A fabric label inscribed in black ink: "15.505 / Tzara
A printed Guy Loudmer "COLLECTION TRISTAN TZARA" label inscribed in black ink with the lot number 183.
Height: 15 in (38 cm)
Tristan Tzara, Paris, acquired by 1935
Christophe Tzara, Paris, by descent from the above
Guy Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Arts Primitifs. Collection Tristan Tzara, November 24, 1988, lot 183
Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright, New York
Christophe Tzara, Paris, by descent from the above
Guy Loudmer, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, Arts Primitifs. Collection Tristan Tzara, November 24, 1988, lot 183
Martin and Faith-Dorian Wright, New York
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, African Negro Art, March 18 - May 19, 1935, and traveling: Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, June 10 - July 8, 1935; San Francisco Museum of Art, July 23 - September 2, 1935; Cleveland Museum of Art, September 28 - October 27, 1935
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, September 27, 1984 - January 15, 1985
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Perfect Documents: Walkers Evans and African Art, 1935, February 1 - September 3, 2000
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, "Primitivism" in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, September 27, 1984 - January 15, 1985
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Perfect Documents: Walkers Evans and African Art, 1935, February 1 - September 3, 2000
James Johnson Sweeney, African Negro Art, New York, 1935, n.p., cat. no. 466 (listed as "Belgian Congo")
Charles Ratton, "African Negro Art", The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Vol. 2, Nos. 6-7, March – April, 1935, n.p.
Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange, Afrique Noire. La création plastique, Paris, 1967, p. 282, fig. 317
Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange, African Art, New York, 1968, p. 282, fig. 317
William Rubin, ed., “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. 2, p. 497
William Rubin and Ezio Bassani, eds., Primitivismo nell'arte del XX secolo: affinità fra il tribale e il moderno, Milan, 1985, vol. 2, p. 497
William Rubin and Jean-Louis Paudrat, eds., Le primitivisme dans l'art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l'art tribal, Paris, 1987, vol. 2, p. 497
Daniel Shapiro, ed., Western Artists/African Art, New York, 1994, pp. 96-97, cat. no. 45
“Retour au artistes”, Connaissance des arts, 1994, p. 89, fig. 3
William Rubin, ed., Nijisseiki bijutsu ni okeru purimitivizumu : buzokuteki naru mono to modan naru mono to no shin'ensei, Kyoto, 1995, vol. 2, p. 497
Virginia-Lee Webb, Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 1935, New York, 2000, p. 90, cat. no. 50
Tristan Tzara, Découverte des arts dits primitifs. [Suivi de] Poèmes nègres, Paris, 2006, cover
Charles Ratton, "African Negro Art", The Bulletin of the Museum of Modern Art, Vol. 2, Nos. 6-7, March – April, 1935, n.p.
Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange, Afrique Noire. La création plastique, Paris, 1967, p. 282, fig. 317
Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange, African Art, New York, 1968, p. 282, fig. 317
William Rubin, ed., “Primitivism” in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, New York, 1984, vol. 2, p. 497
William Rubin and Ezio Bassani, eds., Primitivismo nell'arte del XX secolo: affinità fra il tribale e il moderno, Milan, 1985, vol. 2, p. 497
William Rubin and Jean-Louis Paudrat, eds., Le primitivisme dans l'art du 20e siècle. Les artistes modernes devant l'art tribal, Paris, 1987, vol. 2, p. 497
Daniel Shapiro, ed., Western Artists/African Art, New York, 1994, pp. 96-97, cat. no. 45
“Retour au artistes”, Connaissance des arts, 1994, p. 89, fig. 3
William Rubin, ed., Nijisseiki bijutsu ni okeru purimitivizumu : buzokuteki naru mono to modan naru mono to no shin'ensei, Kyoto, 1995, vol. 2, p. 497
Virginia-Lee Webb, Perfect Documents: Walker Evans and African Art, 1935, New York, 2000, p. 90, cat. no. 50
Tristan Tzara, Découverte des arts dits primitifs. [Suivi de] Poèmes nègres, Paris, 2006, cover
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