SOLD / SOLD! MC1269 Superb caryatid stool LUBA Shankadi "Art Deco" caryatid stool Congo DRC
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CONGO DRC
Superb caryatid stool LUBA Shankadi
A big thumbs up for this seat
The stylization and architecture of this sculpture is impressive
While having the stylistic codes of the Shankadi tribe, it is exceptional in its modernity, energy and originality.
With its rocket shape, it evokes Art Deco
I have only come across one similar piece so far, Myron Kunin's stool sold by Sotheby's in 2014 (also published in
Tribal Art N°40, Spring 2006, page 96)
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, their carriers of cups, staffs of chiefs, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
Comes from a private collection
While having the stylistic codes of the Shankadi tribe, it is exceptional in its modernity, energy and originality.
With its rocket shape, it evokes Art Deco
I have only come across one similar piece so far, Myron Kunin's stool sold by Sotheby's in 2014 (also published in
Tribal Art N°40, Spring 2006, page 96)
The Luba are a large people of eastern DRC. Their seats with caryatids, their carriers of cups, staffs of chiefs, arrow holders, adzes and cult statues are very famous and among the most prized objects in African Art.
Comes from a private collection
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Seat, stool
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba, Baluba
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Congo DRC
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: Height 40 cm
47 cm with the base
CONDITION: Average
(see photos)
CONDITION: Average
(see photos)
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BIBLIOGRAPHY - BIBLIOGRAPHY:
- In pursuit of beauty: The Myron Kunin collection of African art, Sotheby's New York, 11/11/2014, lot 133, ex P. Dartevelle, ex ML Felix sold for 37,500 USD link on request / link on request
- Caryatids Luba Hemba, for a history of the art of caryatid seats in the Luba and Lubaisés styles, Bernard de Grunne, exhibition catalog Parcours des Mondes, Paris, 2017
- Atlanteans and Caryatids. Thrones of Black Africa, Galerie Ratton - Hourdé, 2004
- LUBA, at the sources of Zaire, François NEYT, Editions du Musée Dapper, 1993.
- MEMORY, Luba Art and the Making of History, Mary Nooter Roberts, 1996
- Tribal Art N°40, Spring 2006, page 96)
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CONGO DRC
Superb LUBA Shankadi caryatid stool
A big crush on this seat
The stylization and architecture of this sculpture are impressive
While having the stylistic codes of the Shankadi tribe, it is exceptional for its modernity, energy and originality.
With its rocket shape, it evokes Art Deco
So far I have only seen one piece that is similar, the Myron Kunin's stool, sold by Sotheby's in 2014 (also published in Tribal Art N ° 40, Spring 2006, page 96)
The Luba are a great people in eastern DRC.
Their caryatid seats, their cup holders, chiefs' sticks, arrow holders, adzes and ancestral statues are very famous and among the most valued objects in African Art.
From a private collection
Features:
TYPE OF OBJECT: Stool seat stool
ETHNIC GROUP: Luba Baluba
ORIGIN: Congo Drc
MATERIAL: Wood
DIMENSIONS: 15 3/4 inches high
18 1/2 with base
CONDITION: Medium
Please have a look on the pictures