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n° 35
Titre : Baule Door
Medium : carved wood and pigment, the rectangular door with an integral post at the top right corner, with a depiction of a large fish catching a smaller one in its mouth Dimensions : 117cm highNotes : Provenance: Pierre and Claude Vérité, Paris Private collection, London Exhibited: Paris, Cercle Volney, Les arts Africains, 3rd June - 7th July 1955 Sochaux, Maison des Arts et Loisirs de Sochaux, Antilopes Chi-Wara et Portes de sanctuaires Africains, May 1983 Published: Les arts africains, Paris, 1955, pg. 49, n° 126 Antilopes Chi-Wara et Portes de sanctuaires Africains, Sochaux, 1983, n° 3 Cf. Walker, R.A., 2009. The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art. Pg. 224, n° 78 Note: Commenting on the similar door cited above at the Dallas Museum of Art featuring this exact motif, Walker comments: Baule sculptors carved doors that may have been seen by passers-by or that may have been seen by family members only. Whether entrances to house or to interior rooms, the doors were decorated with secular imagery. The motif of a big fish devouring a smaller fish - a commentary on protecting rather than preying on ones own - adorned a number of doors and may have been carved by the same sculptor or atelier. … Because sacred sculptures were rarely viewed by the public, Baule sculptors used utilitarian objects, such as doors, heddle pulley for looms and ointment jars rather than sacred sculptures, to advertise their abilities and attract commissions. Lyon & Turnbull, Salle de vente
, Edinburgh, UK
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Titre de la vente : African & Oceanic Art and Antiquities
Date de la vente : 27/11/2018
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