THE TRIBAL ART

The genius of the African artist made material a divine abstract concept, the super being. And he did it with nothing in the middle of nowhere, far from any objective influence, in the heart of swamps and hostile forests, a place that could break the most hardened spirit. “How? Why here and now?” will forever remain unanswered questions.

ART COLLECTOR | SKETCH ARTIST

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Lumbu, Gabon
Late 19th – Early 20th cent.
Wood, glass, copper, pigments
31,5 cm

Ex Colonial French Collection
Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan

Les Lumbu. Un Art Sacré, Charlotte Grand-Dufay, 2016, p. 151
Un’Avventura Estetica, Galleria Dalton Somaré, Milan, 2018, pp. 9-11
Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Madrid, Junio 2018, n. 114, front cover page
CULTURES, The World Art fair, Bruxelles, June 2018, Catalogue, p. 23
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 54/57

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Muhunzu, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood, natural pigments, raffia, hide
63 cm

Maud & René Garcia, Paris
Pace Primitive, New York, acquired circa 1980
Distinguished Private Collection, California
Anderson Family Collection, Connecticut, acquired 2003
Pace Primitive, New York (inv.54-4393)
Cole Harrell, New York, acquired from the above, 2016
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
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Punu, Gabon
Late 19th – Early 20th cent.
Wood, pigments, kaolin

34 cm

Collected in situ around 1923
Private Collection, Paris
Galerie Ratton, Paris
Anna Demina Collection, Milan

Parcours des Mondes, Salon International Des Arts Premiers, Catalogue, Paris, 2018
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 48/51

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Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm

Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan

Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
 Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45

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Punu, Gabon

Late 19th cent. 

Wood, pigments, kaolin
19 cm

Collection Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Collection privée européenne
Sotheby’s Paris Sculpture 4.12.2020 lot 40
Anna Demina Collection, Milan

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Gabon
Tsogho peoples
19th or early 20th century
Light wood, kaolin
30 cm

Cornette De St Cyr, June 2004, lot 160
Private collection, NY. Pace Gallery, NY
Private collection, CT
Ahdrc # 0050197
Anna Demina’s Collection