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Lot 159 Dα

KUBA LADLE

Auktion 1081 - Übersicht Brussels
05.04.2017, 14:00 - African and Oceanic Art
Schätzpreis: 800 € - 1.200 €
Ergebnis: 3.968 € (inkl. Aufgeld)

KUBA LADLE
Democratic Republic of the Congo

30.5 cm. long

Willy-Eugene Claes, an army lieutenant, collected artefacts in the Congo between 1903 and 1918. He loaned several objects to the 1937 Antwerp exhibition, "Teentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst" and items from his collection also feature in Frans Olbrechts 1946 publication "Plastiek van Kongo (Les Arts Plastiques du Congo Belge)".

Provenienz

Willy-Eugene Claes, Antwerp

Literaturhinweise

"Teetoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", 1937-1938, p.90, no. 1474 (not illustrated).

Ausstellung

Stadsfeestzaal, Antwerp, "Teentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst", December 1937 - January 1938