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Sakalava Male and Female Couple, Madagascar
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
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Description
- Figurative post
Wood- Height: 26 1/4 inches (66.7 cm)
Provenance
Freddy Rolin, New York
Christie's, Amsterdam, African and Oceanic Art from the Collection of the Late Baron Freddy Rolin, July 2, 2002, lot 316
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction
Christie's, Amsterdam, African and Oceanic Art from the Collection of the Late Baron Freddy Rolin, July 2, 2002, lot 316
Jan Krugier, Monaco, acquired at the above auction
Exhibited
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, El fuego baja las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat), May 5 - August 28, 2005
Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres: de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005 - February 13, 2006
Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, Le feu sous les cendres: de Picasso à Basquiat, October 8, 2005 - February 13, 2006
Literature
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, El fuego baja las cenizas (de Picasso a Basquiat) = Fire under the ashes (from Picasso to Basquiat), Valencia, 2005, pp. 39 and 244-245
Musée Maillol, Le Feu Sous les Cendres, Paris, 2006, pp. 57 and 157
Musée Maillol, Le Feu Sous les Cendres, Paris, 2006, pp. 57 and 157
Catalogue Note
The Sakalava people of Madagascar sculpted large, fully three-dimensional grave post figures to be placed in the proximity of the tombs of important deceased leaders and other persons of high rank. Marked sexual characteristics such as those seen in the Krugier couple symbolized "the process of transition from living to dead, when the elder is reborn as ancestor" (Borgatti 1990: 49).