III ______________________________________________ An Annual Spring Presentation
Every May collectors, colleagues, and cultural institutions worldwide gather in New York to discover and celebrate fine works of art . It is with pleasure that I present our annual Spring selection of objects from Africa and Oceania. This year’s selection, III, brings together figurative sculpture that, although from different regions, are united by their strength, integrity and pedigree.
Chaque mois de Mai, des collectionneurs, des collègues et des institutions culturelles du monde entier se rassemblent à New York pour découvrir et célébrer les belles œuvres d'art. C’est avec plaisir que je vous présente notre sélection annuelle d’objets de printemps d’Afrique et d’Océanie. La sélection de cette année, III, rassemble des sculptures figuratives qui, bien que de régions différentes, sont unies par leur force, leur intégrité et leur pedigree.
每年五月，全世界的收藏家，同事和文化机构都聚集在纽约探索 并庆祝精美的艺术品。我非常高兴地向 非洲和大洋洲展示我们每年春季的选择。今年的选择，III，汇集了具象雕塑，虽然来自不同地区，但他们的力量 诚信和血统是统一的。
Cole Harrell May 2019
CATALOG
Female Maternity Figure, ya pilu dege Unidentified Dogon Bombou-Toro Artist, Mali Wood, organic material H: 75cm Provenance: Emil Storrer (1917-1989), ZĂźrich, Switzerland (inv. 54) Private Collection, Germany, acquired from the above, 1968 Private Collection, New York Cole Harrell, New York
Male Power Figure, nkisi Identified Songye Artist, D.R. Congo Wood, metal alloy, organic material H: 28cm Provenance: Thomas S. Alexander III, Missouri Allan Stone (1932-2006) Collection, New York Rago Arts and Auction Center, Lambertville, New Jersey, Tribal Art from the Collection of Allan Stone 19 October 2018, lot 107 Cole Harrell, New York Published: Dumouchelle, Kevin. Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, Greenwich: Bruce Museum, 2011. illus. p. 66. cat. no. 43 Exhibited: Power Incarnate: Allan Stone's Collection of Sculpture from the Congo, Bruce Museum, May 14 - September 4, 2011, Greenwich, Connecticut For additional works from the same atelier, please see: University of Iowa, Stanley Museum of Art (inv. X1986.190) Sotheby’s, Paris, 8 June 2007, lot 158
Male Power Figure, nkisi Identified Yombe Artist, D.R. Congo Wood, fiber, glass, organic material H: 22cm Provenance: Patricia Ann Withofs (1934-1998), London Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, Collection de M. et Mme R, 14 April 2007, lot 4 David Blackhurst Collection, California Robert Dowling, San Francisco Collection of Dr. Michael Tomeo, Pennsylvania Cole Harrell, New York An additional work from this atelier can be found in The Art of Collecting African Art, New York, 1988, pg. 48
Female Power Figure, nkisi n’kondi Unidentified Kongo-Manyanga Artist, D.R. Congo Wood, metal alloy, organic material, pigment H: 126cm Provenance: Private Colonial Collection, Belgium (inv. 83) Patrick van de Velde, Belgium, by 1976 Property of the Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New York Sotheby’s, New York, 10 November 1987, lot 60 Private Collection, New York Cole Harrell, New York Published: Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, vol. 72, 1978: #4
Reliquary Figure, mbulu ngulu Unidentified Kota-Obamba Artist, Gabon Wood, metal alloy, organic material H: 50cm Provenance: Paris Art Market, circa 1950 Everett Burton Helm (1913-1999), Germany/ USA Private Collection, Germany, by descent Zemanek-Munster, Wurzburg, 17 November 2018, lot 234 Cole Harrell, New York For an additional work from the same atelier, please see: Chaffin, Alain and Francoise, L’Art Kota, Meudon France, 1979, p. 174
Female Ancestral Figure, nagum Unidentified Boiken Artist, Papua New Guinea, Prince Alexander Mountains Wood, natural pigment H: 123cm Provenance: Collected in situ by Henry Aufenanger while on mission for the Nanzan University Nagoya, Japan, 1963/1964 Estate of Lynda Cunningham, New York Cole Harrell, New York Published: Aufenanger, Henry, The Passing Scene in North-East New Guinea, Collectanea Instituti Anthropos, 1972, plate IX Hamson, Michael, Art of the Boiken, 2011, p. 72
Produced in conjunction with exhibition III presented by Cole Harrell, New York May 9-23, 2019
Layout and design………….……..Cole Harrell Photography…………….........…....Travis Emery
Acknowledgements Alexandra Bregman Dr. Tai-Heng Cheng Michael Hamson Pearse Lenz
We extend our deepest gratitude to hana-ike artist Mario Hirama-san for his evocative and inspirational ikebana florals.
www.hirama-mario.com
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