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Belle statue, Mumuye, Nigeria
Description
- Mumuye
- Belle statue
- haut. 100 cm
- 39 1/3 in
Provenance
Collectée par Philippe Guimiot, 1969
Collection Jacques Kerchache, Paris
Bernard de Grunne, Bruxelles
Collection Claus Schmidt-Luprian, Munich
Literature
Kerchache, Chefs-d'oeuvre de l'Art Africain, 1982, catalogue de l'exposition, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Grenoble, 1982
Condition
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Catalogue Note
A la fin des années 1960, l'anarchie causée par la guerre de Sécession des Ibo dans le sud du Nigeria s'ajoute à l'abandon des pratiques religieuses. Philippe Guimiot découvre alors l'extraordinaire statuaire des Mumuye. Il va, avec Jacques Kerchache, révéler au regard occidental ce style devenu majeur dans l'univers des arts africains. Cette œuvre, collectée en 1969 par Philippe Guimiot, en constitue l'un des très beaux exemplaires.
La dynamique de ses volumes renvoie de manière saisissante au vocabulaire qui fonda le Cubisme, et pour les artistes modernes en général, les recherches plastiques sur le mouvement.
A fine Mumuye figure, Nigeria
At the end of the 1960s, the anarchy caused by the Nigerian-Biafran War in the south of Nigeria added to the existing abandonment of religious practices. It was at this time that Philippe Guimiot discovered the extraordinary statuary of the Mumuye people. Philippe Guimiot and Jacques Kerchache were the first to reveal this major form of African art to the West. This work, collected by Philippe Guimiot in 1969, is one of the finest examples of its kind.
The dynamism of the figure's volumes recall in a striking manner the vocabulary of Cubism, and the plastic study of movement undertaken by modern artists in general.