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New Catalogue !
Interiors

Contemporary interiors with ancient arts of Africa, Oceania and North America

Happy 2023 !

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December Exhibition

Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale
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Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale

New Catalogue

Northwest Coast Art

New Ireland

Ibeji

New AcQuisitions

photo Kachina doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina doll

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Sepik Hook

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Sepik Hook

photo Yup’ik mask

North America | Alaska

Yup’ik mask

photo Kachina Doll

North America | Arizona

Kachina Doll

photo Garra Mask

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Garra Mask

photo Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Phantom Shield

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Gope

photo Bambara Antelope

Archives | Mali

Bambara Antelope

photo Dogon Figure

Africa | Mali

Dogon Figure

photo Dogon Mask

Africa | Mali

Dogon Mask

photo Togu’na Dogon

Africa | Mali

Togu’na
Dogon

photo Jukun Figure

Africa | Nigeria

Jukun Figure

New AcQuisitions | Papua New Guinea

Gope

photo Mumuye Figure

Africa | Nigeria

Mumuye Figure

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Mark your calendars and make sure to visit us duri

Mark your calendars and make sure to visit us during Paris Tribal !

Henry Moore's sculptures reveal all sorts of interpretations and affinities with African and Oceanic art, from the African proportions of the 1923 "Standing Woman" to a work like the 1964 "Moon Head" directly inspired by a Mama mask. (….) Moore transformed the symmetrical Mama mask into an abstract form that resembles a kind of horned head or giant asymmetrical hand. While primitive art had ceased to be a dominant influence on his work for years, Moore demonstrated with “Moon Head” that in the 1960s he was still receptive to the forms of tribal art that had so profoundly marked his evolution during the 1920s and 1930s.
Source: “Primitivisme dans l’art du XXe siècle”, 1984, Alan G. Wilkinson, pp. 608-611

Mangam helmet mask
Kantana (Mama) people
Nigeria
Early 20th century
Carved wood and pigments
Height: 43 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Ex collection Hans G. Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany

Paris Tribal 2023
18-22 April 2023.
8 rue des Beaux-Arts
75006 Paris, France

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This Lwalwa mask will soon be unveiled on the occa

This Lwalwa mask will soon be unveiled on the occasion of Paris Tribal.

From the time that they were first "discovered" in the Western world in the 1930s, Lwalwa masks have been praised for their novel form.
As noted by William Rubin in the seminal exhibition “Primitivism in 20th century art” (Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1984, vol 1 page 324), “in its unbending line from the forehead to the tip of the nose, it is possible to imagine that Picasso borrowed from this mask form in his portrayals of Marie-Therese Walter. While she, herself, had an aquiline nose, Picasso's incorporation of the strong abstraction and borrowing of visual motifs of African art is well-known”.
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Mfondo mask
Lwalwa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Early 20th century
Carved wood and pigments
Height: 31 cm
Provenance
Ex Sotheby’s London, 28 Nov. 1983, lot 45

Paris Tribal 2023
18-22 April 2023.
8 rue des Beaux-Arts
75006 Paris, France

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #ExploreParisTribal #ParisTribal #ParisTribal2023
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During Paris Tribal we will be proud to present on

During Paris Tribal we will be proud to present one of the Pacific's most remarkable and spectacular forms of currency, a Solomon Islands Tevau!

Once uncoiled, this red-feather money roll is roughly 30 ft. (9 meters) long. A multitude of rectangular plates covered with feathers are overlapped and affixed to a fiber armature. The feathers are those of the Myzomelia cardinalis, a scarlet bird that feeds on honey.
Feather money was used in Santa Cruz as a form of currency for settling important obligations. Tevau were also given as payment on the occasion of a wedding as bride price

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Tevau feather currency / bridal wealth
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands
Hibiscus fiber, feathers, shell and fabric
Early 20th century
Height: 75 cm
Provenance
Formerly in a Princely collection

Paris Tribal 2023
18-22 April 2023.
8 rue des Beaux-Arts
75006 Paris, France

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Mark your calendars and make sure to visit us duri

Mark your calendars and make sure to visit us during Paris Tribal !

Henry Moore's sculptures reveal all sorts of interpretations and affinities with African and Oceanic art, from the African proportions of the 1923 "Standing Woman" to a work like the 1964 "Moon Head" directly inspired by a Mama mask. (….) Moore transformed the symmetrical Mama mask into an abstract form that resembles a kind of horned head or giant asymmetrical hand. While primitive art had ceased to be a dominant influence on his work for years, Moore demonstrated with “Moon Head” that in the 1960s he was still receptive to the forms of tribal art that had so profoundly marked his evolution during the 1920s and 1930s.
Source: “Primitivisme dans l’art du XXe siècle”, 1984, Alan G. Wilkinson, pp. 608-611

Mangam helmet mask
Kantana (Mama) people
Nigeria
Early 20th century
Carved wood and pigments
Height: 43 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Dirk Vonck, Brussels, Belgium
Ex collection Hans G. Reinmöller, Ratingen, Germany

Paris Tribal 2023
18-22 April 2023.
8 rue des Beaux-Arts
75006 Paris, France

#GalerieFlak #JulienFlak #ExploreParisTribal #ParisTribal #ParisTribal2023
#AncientAfricanArt #AfricanSculpture #AfricanArtCollector
#AfricanMask #MamaPeople
#TribalArt #AncientArt #Native #PrimitiveArt #ArtCollector

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