PAD Paris 2017
PAD Paris PAD Paris Art + Design
22-26 March 2017
Tuileries Gardens, Paris
Stand 53
PAD Paris PAD Paris Art + Design
22-26 March 2017
Tuileries Gardens, Paris
Stand 53










Arizona
Hopi
Ahote Katsina
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Circa 1920-30
Height: 24 cm








Nigeria / Benin
Ere Ibeji twin figures
Yoruba
Nago Style
Early 20th century
Carved wood, beads
Height: 10 ¼ in and 10 ½ in.
26 cm et 27 cm
Provenance
Ex collection Alain de Monbrison, Paris
Ex collection Alberto Costa, Barcelona
Ex Sotheby’s Paris, 14 Dec. 2016, lot 72
Ex collection Javier Lentini, Spain
Exhibition
Barcelona, Centre Cultural de la Fundacion “la Caixa”, Africa : Magia y poder. 2500 anos de arte en Nigeria, September 23th – December 13th, 1998
Literature
Africa : Magia y poder. 2500 anos de arte en Nigeria, Picton & Coquet, 1998, n° 171








Gabon
Carved wood and pigments
Early 20th century
Height: 9 ¾ in. (25 cm)
Collected before 1914
Colonial estate
By descent






Alaska
Lower Yukon
Carved wood and pigments
Late 19th or early 20th century
Height: 7 ¼ in. (18.5 cm)
Bought in Alaska in the 1930s
Ex collection Madeline Thomas Langworthy
(1893-1980), California








Papua New Guinea
Wahgi Valley, Western Highlands
Carved wood, binding, pigments
Early to mid 20th century
Height: 60 ½ in. (154 cm)
Length: 27 ¼ in. (69 cm)
Ex collection Chris Boylan, Sydney












Solomon Islands
Feather currency / bridal wealth
Santa Cruz, Solomon Islands
Wood, red feathers and shells
Early 20th century
Height: 22 ½ in. (57.5 cm)
Length: 32 ¾ in. (83 cm)












Nigeria
Carved wood
Early 20th century
Height: 36 ½ in. (93 cm)
Ex collection Pierre Parat, Paris
Yale University GvR Archive 0108061










Arizona
Hopi
Kowako Katsina – Rooster kachina Doll
Carved wood (cottonwood), natural pigments
Circa 1930s
Height: 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm)
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