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
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
39 cm
The Pennsylvania University Museum, Philadelphia
Sturgis Ingersoll Collection, Philadelphia
William A. Mc Carty-Cooper Collection, Los Angeles
Christie’s, New York, 19 May 1992, Lot. 138
Arman Collection, New York
Samir Borro Collection, Bruxelles
A. Weißeneger Collection, Amsterdam
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Christie’s, New York, 19 May 1992, cover
Arman et l’Art Africain, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1996, p. 10
Mbulu Ngulu
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
32 cm
Collection Henri Kamer (1937 -1992), New York
Collection Daniel Hourdé, Paris, 1992, acquired from the above Collection John Dintenfass, New York, 1998, acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Bruxelles Non European Art Fair- Bruneaf XXII, Catalogue, 2012, pp. 44-45
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 30/33
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
38 cm
Former Colonial French Collection
Galerie Alain de Monbrison, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Winter Bruneaf, Catalogue, Bruxelles, 2019
Kota, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood, copper, alloy
44,5 cm
Formerly in Merton Simpson’s collection,
New York, USA
Formerly in Viviane Jutheau, Comtesse de Witt’s collection 1985
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton, Gabon, Paris, 2017, pp.22-23
Kota, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood and metal
32 cm
French private’s collection and kept in the family since
Daniel Hourdé’s collection, Paris
Phillipe Ratton’s gallery, Paris
Anna Demina Collection
Galerie Ratton, Gabon, Paris, June-September 2017, pp.28-29
KOTA Ndassa reliquary figure
Gabon / Congo
Wood, copper, alloy H. 47,5 cm
Late XIXth century
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
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
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
Kota, Gabon
19th cent
Wood, brass, copper, iron
74 cm
Collected in Gabon between 1926-1934 by a French doctor participating to the Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique and the construction of the Congo-Ocean Railway
Loudmer Drouot Montaigne, Paris, 1997
R.L. Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré, Milano
Kota Obamba, Gabon
19th cent
Wood, copper, brass
57 cm
Charles Ratton, Paris
Pace Primitive, New York
Private Collection, USA ( acquired from above in 1986)
Dalton-Somare Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection Milan
Brafa Art Fair 2023 catalogue
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
