Lot 109
  • 109

POULIE DE MÉTIER À TISSER, YAURÉ, CÔTE D'IVOIRE |

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • haut. 21 cm ; 8 1/4 in

Provenance

Samir Borro, Bruxelles
Collection Marceau Rivière, Paris, ca. 1973

Exhibited

Thouars, Bibliothèque municipale de Thouars, Exposition d’Art Africain, 13 - 16 avril 1979
Paris, Ecole Supérieure Internationale d'Art et de Gestion, Art Africain, 23 avril - 3 mai 1991
Paris, musée Dapper, Au fil de la parole, 18 mai - 25 septembre 1995
La Flèche, Château de Carmes, Arts premiers de Côte d'Ivoire, 11 janvier - 3 mars 1997 / Nogent-le-Rotrou, Musée municipal du Château Saint-Jean, 8 mars - 28 avril 1997
Paris, Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Baoulé. Collection de Marceau Rivière, 14 juin - 27 juillet 2002

Literature

Rivière, Les chefs-d'œuvre africains des collections privées françaises, 1975, p. 22
Rivière, Exposition d’Art Africain, 1979, n° 3
Arts et valeurs, 1989, n° 6, p. 27
Rivière et Lehuard, Art Africain, 1991, n° 18
Falgayrettes-Leveau, Au fil de la parole, 1995, p. 173
Boyer, Girard et Rivière, Arts premiers de Côte d'Ivoire, 1997, p. 114-115 et 134, n° 121
Ratton, Hourdé et Vogel, Baoulé. Collection de Marceau Rivière, 2002, p. 82-83

Condition

Good condition overall. Wear consistent with age and use within the culture. The proper right side of the pulley has been broken and put back in place with two old nails. Tiny marks, nicks and scratches to wood throughout. Beautiful patina with encrusted thickness to the bottom part.
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