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Confidentiel - Sur Invitation 2026

18th September - 20th September

Right after Parcours, I look forward to welcoming you to the second edition of Confidentiel, September 18-20, an intimate art fair accessible exclusively by invitation, bringing together around twenty leading international exhibitors and experts. This year, Confidentiel will take place in the exceptional setting of the Hôtel de La Trémoille, private residence of H.E. the Ambassador of Serbia usually closed to the public, showcasing a curated selection of masterworks.

Conceived by Galerie Flak and Galerie Alexis Renard, the exclusive exhibition
“Les Indiens” brings together the arts of Native America and Ancient India, sparking a dialogue between two cultural universes as captivating as they are evocative.

INFORMATION
Address: Hôtel de la Trémoille, 1 bvd Delessert, Paris 16
Dates: September 18 – 20, 2026
Access: By invitation only

Conceived by Galerie Flak and Galerie Alexis Renard, the exclusive exhibition
“Les Indiens” brings together the arts of Native America and Ancient India, sparking a dialogue between two cultural universes as captivating as they are evocative.

Discover this unique encounter in a brand-new publication

North America

Alaska

North America

Alaska

North America

Alaska

North America

Speaker’s Face Mask, Kwakwa̲ka̲’wakw (Kwakiutl)
British Columbia, Northwest Coast, Canada

19th century
Carved wood and pigments
Height: 20 cm – 7 ¾ in.
Collection label no. 1571

Provenance
Collection Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New York
Collection Peggy (1916-2013) & Paul Rabut (1914-1983), Massachusetts acquired from the above in 1958
Sotheby’s New York. 28 November 1989, lot 189
Collection Jeffrey R. Myers, New York
Collection Paula & Abraham Rosman, New York
Private collection, Montreal
Collection Franck Marcelin, France

North America

American Southwest

North America

Arizona

North America

Arizona

OBJECT FOCUS EP. 4

Seal Spirit Mask
Yup’ik Eskimo
Norton Bay, Saint Michael, Alaska

Late 19th century
Carved wood, hide, pigments
Height: 25 cm – 10 in.

Provenance
Collection Merton Simpson (1928-2013), New York
Collection Tony Berlant, Santa Monica,California
Collection Michel Van Den Dries, Gavere, Belgium
Collection David Utzon-Frank, Copenhagen

Link to the page

North America

False Face mask
Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)
Northeast, USA

Late 19th or early 20th century
Carved wood, pigments, leather, horsehair
Height: 29 cm – 11 ½ in.

Provenance
Ex Galerie Schoffel de Fabry, Paris
Ex private collection, France, acquired from the above in 2017

North America

Ceremonial spoons
Haida
Queen Charlotte Islands (Haida Gwaii)
British Columbia, Northwest Coast, Canada

19th or early 20th century
Goat horn
Height: 26.5 cm – 25.5 cm – 19 cm
10 ½ in. – 10 in. – 7 ½ in.

Provenance from left to right

Provenance
Collection Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan
Sotheby’s London, June 27, 1983, lot 49
Collection Thérèse Finette and Frits Lemaire, Amsterdam
Collection Karin and Leo van Oosterom, The Hague, acquired in 1983
Collection Franck Marcelin, France

Provenance
Collection Christophe Arcelin, France
Collection Franck Marcelin, France

Provenance
Collection Franck Marcelin, Aix-en-Provence

Ndoma Mask
Attributed to the Master of Totokro
Baule
Ivory Coast

Early 20th century
Carved wood and pigments
Height : 34 cm – 13 ¼ in.

Provenance
Collection Thomas Alexander III, Saint Louis, USA
Collection Allen Davis, Santa Fe
Collection Ralph T. Coe, Arizona
Collection Adrian Schlag, Spain

Exhibition
Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian, « Connoisseurship and Good Pie: Ted Coe and Collecting Native Art », July 2015 – April 2016, Santa Fe, USA

oceania

U’u Club
Marquesas Islands, Polynesia

18th or 19th century
Carved wood and fibers
Height: 138.5 cm – 54 ½ in.

Provenance
Collection David Petty, London
Collection Pierre-Richard Boyer, Paris
Collection Alexandre Bernand, Paris
Private collection, acquired from the above in September 2016

Exhibition
TEFAF 2024, Maastricht, Serge Schoeffel, catalogue T3, p. 28

Africa

Ivory Coast

oceania

Papua New Guinea

oceania

Papua New Guinea

Asmat Male Figure
Irian Jaya

19th or early 20th century
Wood and pigments
Height: 102 cm – 40 ¼ in.

Provenance
Collection David Petty, London
Collection Th. P. P. van Emden, The Netherlands, 1950s

Publication and Exhibition
« Asmat – Art from Southwest New Guinea »
H.C. Renselaar, Rotterdam, Royal Tropical Institute,
No. CXXI, Dept of Cultural and Physical Anthropology No. 55. 1961, fig. 7-8.

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