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Lot 10
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Masque anthropomorphe Culture Sultepec Etat de Mexico, Mexique Préclassique récent, 300-100 av. J.-C.

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 EUR
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Description

  • Culture Sultepec
  • Masque anthropomorphe
  • Albâtre rubané (técali)
  • h. 15,2 cm ; 6 in

Provenance

Collection Josef Mueller, Soleure, acquis d’Earl Stendahl en 1952 ou 1953
Collection Barbier-Mueller, Genève, Inv. n° 505-5

Exhibited

Genève, Musée Barbier-Mueller, 30 janvier-24 mars 1992, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Fondation Maeght, 11 avril-15 juin 1992, Barcelone, Fondation la Caixa, 25 novembre 1992-24 janvier 1993, Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992.
Lisbonne, Museu Calouste Gulbenkian, Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 23 mars-4 juin 1995
Paris, Musée Jacquemart-André, L’homme et ses masques: chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève et Barcelone, 23 mai-28 août 2005
Barcelone, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Picasso, l’homme aux mille masques au musée Barbier-Mueller d’Art précolombien de Barcelone, 6 avril-31 août 2006

Literature

Art millénaire des Amériques: de la découverte à l’admiration, 1492-1992, 1992, pl. 20, p. 215
Arte pré-colombiana da colecção Barbier-Mueller, 1995, pl. 20
Ritual Arts of the New World: Pre-Columbian America, 2000, cat. 20, p. 253
Butor (Michel), Boyer (Alain-Michel), Morin (Floriane), L’homme et ses masques: chefs-d’œuvre des musées Barbier-Mueller, Genève et Barcelone, 2005, cat. 16, p. 103
Picasso, l’homme aux mille masques au musée Barbier-Mueller d’Art précolombien de Barcelone, 2006, cat. 38, p. 137

Condition

Bon état de conservation, avec un petit éclat visible sur le nez. Légère oxydation de surface due au temps Good condition with a small visible chip on the nose. Slight surface oxidation due to age
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