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TEFAF Maastricht

Showcasing African Art at the 2020 Edition

March 16, 2020 By: Adenike Cosgrove

As the world grapples with COVID-19, TEFAF made the appropriate decision to shortened the fair. TEFAF closed on the 11th, four days sooner than planned. You probably arranged to visit over the weekend but missed the opportunity.

There's that FOMO creeping in again.

If like us, you didn’t make it to TEFAF in time, don’t worry, you know we got you.

The African art exhibitors at the fair graciously provided photographs of their booths and the artworks on display to let us fully experience the fair—you can now visit from the comfort of your home.

DIDIER CLAES GALLERY

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In 2002, Didier Claes opened his first gallery focusing on presenting high-quality art objects from great Western collections. Today didier Claes Gallery is housed in a prestigious space in Brussels, and includes many American and European collectors among its clientele, as well as international museums.

DIDIER CLAES GALLERY – STAND 601
DIDIER CLAES GALLERY – STAND 601
DIDIER CLAES GALLERY – STAND 601
DIDIER CLAES GALLERY – STAND 601
DIDIER CLAES GALLERY – STAND 601

Bambara Chi Wara Crest, Ivory Coast

Early 20th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Vegetal Fibres || Height 40 cm (15.7 in.)
Provenance: de Havenon Collection, United States || Private Collection, Belgium
© Hughes Dubois

Zande Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Unknown Artist || Early 20th century
Wood || Height 44 cm (17.3 in.)
Provenance: Private Collection, Belgium
© Hughes Dubois

Yaure Mask, Ivory Coast

Early 20th century || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 31 cm (12.2 in.)
© Hughes Dubois
Provenance: Private Collection, France

BERNARD DE GRUNNE

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Bernard de Grunne has been immersed in the world of great tribal sculpture for more than 40 years as he actively accompanied his father Baudouin de Grunne in building one of the finest collection of tribal art from 1968 to 1995. He started dealing for his own account in 1995 and now has a reputation for quality, scholarship and professionalism.

BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619
BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619
BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619
BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619
BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619
BERNARD DE GRUNNE – STAND 619

Banda Statue, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mobaye Region || ca. 1880 || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 44.5 cm (17.5 in.)
Provenance: Administrateur Xavier Bellouard, collected between 1917-1930 || Jean-Yves Coué, Nantes || Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels

Banda Statue, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mobaye Region || ca. 1820-1880 || Master of Mobaye
Wood || Height 57 cm (22.4 in.)

Soninke Ancestor Figure, Mali

16th-17th Century (univ. of Arizona AZ 4742) || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 57 cm (22.4 in.)
Provenance: Henri and Hélène Kamer, Paris, ca. 1960 || Hélène et Philippe Leloup Collection, Paris || Private Collection

Dinka Figure, South Sudan

ca. 1900 || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 128 cm (50.4 in.)
Provenance: Martin and Dorian-Faith Wright, New York, before 1985

Ngbaka Minagende Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

ca. 1900 || Unknown Artist
Wood, Copper || Height 25 cm (9.8 in.)
Provenance: Michel Koenig, Brussels

Ngbaka Mask, Ubangi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

ca. 1900 || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 25 cm (9.8 in.)
Provenance: Martial Bronsin, Brussels || Private Collection

GALERIE BERNARD DULON

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For over thirty years Gallery Bernard Dulon focused on the representation of the art of ancient tribal societies. Dulon has held a number of famous exhibitions such as Lumière Noire (1997), Carnets de Voyage in cooperation with the MRAC of Tervuren for Musée du Président Jacques Chirac (2010), and A Dan Mask (2018).

GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro
GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro
GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro
GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro
GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro
GALERIE BERNARD DULON – STAND 615
© Studio Shapiro

Kongo Nkisi Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Late 19th – Early 20th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Wicker, Metal, Glass, Magical Substance || Height 49.5 cm (19.5 in.)
Provenance: Matthias L. J. Lemaire Collection, Amsterdam, acquired in the 1940s || Patrick and Béatrice Caput Collection, Paris || George and Rosemary Lois Collection, New York

Jukun Commemorative Ancestor Figures, Nigeria

Bakundi Region || 16th – 17th Century (Radiocarbon Test) || Unknown Artist
Wood with Thick Black Patina || Height 98 cm & 111 cm (38.5 in. & 43.7 in.)
Provenance: Private Collection, Paris

Bamum Tu-Patambouo Crest Headdress, Cameroon

Late 19th – Early 20th Century || Unknown Artist
Wooden Frame with Copper Plates, Basketry, Fabric || Height 65 cm (25.6 in.)
Provenance: Foumban Palace Collected Around 1950

Tellem Ancestor Figure, Mali

16th (Radiocarbon Test) || Unknown Artist
Wood, Crusty Patina || Height 28.5 cm (16.5 in.)
Provenance: Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York || Edward Benesch Collection, New York || Eve Benesch-Golschmidt Collection, New York

Kota Mbulu Ngulu Reliquary Figure, Obamba Group, Gabon

19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Copper, Brass and Iron || Height 41 cm (16.1 in.)
Provenance: Max Itzikovitz Collection, Paris

Kota Mbulu Ngulu Reliquary Figure, Obamba Group, Gabon

19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Copper, Brass and Iron || Height 56.5 cm (22 in.)
Provenance: Max Itzikovitz Collection, Paris || Hubert Goldet Collection, Paris || Private Collection, New York

Marionette Merekun Bamana, Mali

Mopti District || 19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 62.5 cm (25 in.)
Provenance: F. H. Lem Collection (?) || Pierre Vérité Collection, Paris || Claude Vérité Collection, Paris
Publications: Robert Goldwater, Bambara Sculpture from the Western Sudan, The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, n°88, 1960 Collection Vérité, Arts d’Afrique, d’Océanie et d’Amérique du Nord, Christie’s Paris, 2017, P.27
Exhibitions: Les arts africains, Cercle Volney, Paris, June 3 – July 7, 1955 Bambara Sculpture from the Western Sudan, The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, February 17 – May 8, 1960

Ngbaka Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Mopti District || Late 19th – Early 20th century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Kaolin || Height 38 cm (15 in.)
Provenance: Jay C. Leff Collection, United States
Publications and Exhibitions: African tribal Art from the Jay C. Leff Collection, 1967, n°65, University of Florida (Gainesville, March 5-26) and south Florida (Tampa, April 11- May 10) || The art of Black Africa. Collection of Jay C. Leff, n°239, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, October 24th – January 18th 1970 || The sculpture of Black Africa, Collection of Jay C. Leff,
West Virginia University, 1986, n°38, July 11- August 29, 1986

Bembe-Gangala Female Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Late 19th – Early 20th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Earthenware || Height 15.5 cm (6.1 in.)
Provenance: Max and Berthe Kofler-Erni Collection, Basel || Carlo Monzino Collection, Lugano
Publications and Exhibitions: Afrique Noire. Sculpture des collections privées Suisses, Société des Amis des Arts de la Chaux de Fonds, 1971, n°78, March 27th – June 6th 1971 || Bertil Söderberg, Les figures d’ancêtres chez les Babembe, Arts d’Afrique Noire, 1989 || Susan Vogel, African Aesthetics, The Carlo Monzino collection, The Center for African Art, 1986, P. 158, n°111, May 7th – September 7th 1986 || Raoul Lehuard, Art Bakongo-Les centres de style, vol II, Arnouville: Arts d’Afrique Noire, 1989, P. 371

YANN FERRANDIN

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The gallery is showing selected tribal works of art, participating in many French and international events. Yann Ferrandin regularly stages eye-opening thematic exhibitions which often lead to the publication of catalogues that soon become reference works.

Kongo Nkisi Figure, Democratic Republic of the Congo

ca. 19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Pigments, Metal, Glass, Fibre, Resin || Height 41 cm (16.1 in.)
© Hughes Dubois

Lega Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo

ca. end of the 19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Kaolin, Fibre || Height 18.5 cm (7.3 in.)
© Hughes Dubois

Guro Gu Mask, Ivory Coast

1880-1900 || Unknown Artist
Wood, White Pigments, Encrusted Grey-Brown Patina || Height 36 cm (14.2 in.)
© Hughes Dubois

Mahongwe Reliquary Figure, North Gabon

ca. 19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Brass, Copper, Metal || Height 42 cm (16.5 in.)
© Hughes Dubois

GALERIE LUCAS RATTON

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Beginning in the 1920s, his great-uncle, Charles Ratton, and his grandfather, Maurice Ratton, were Parisian pioneers of the Tribal Arts. Today, thirty-year-old Lucas Ratton perpetuates the family tradition of excellence in his gallery located 33 rue de Seine in Paris. The gallery specializes in ritual African art.

Djennenke Figure, Mali

7th – 9th Century (C14 Test) || Unknown Artist
Wood, Pigments || Height 35.5 cm (14 in.)
Provenance: French Private Collection, circa 1950. Kept in the family since

Jukun Mask, Nigeria

19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Metal, Fibres || Height 90 cm (35.4 in.)
Provenance: Maud and René Garcia Collection, 1989, Paris || Françoise and Jean Corlay Collection, Brussels || Galerie SAO - Marceau Rivière, Paris || Galerie Philippe Ratton, Paris

Owo Osamasinmi Ram's Head, Nigeria

19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood || Height 42 cm (16.5 in.)
Provenance: French Private Collection

Mambila Figure, Cameroon

1798 – 1888 (C14 Test) || Unknown Artist
Wood, Pigments, Camwood || Height 68 cm (26.8 in.)
Provenance: Helene Kamer Collection, Paris, circa 1974 || Dutch Private Collection

Yoruba Figure, Nigeria

Late 19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Pigments, Camwood || Height 64.5 cm (25.4 in.)
Provenance: Philippe Laeremans, Brussels || French Private Collection

Songye Nkisi Figure, Democratic Republic of Congo

19th Century || Unknown Artist
Wood, Metal, Fibre, Cloth || Height 64 cm (25.2 in.)
Provenance: Collection Pierre Dartevelle, Brussels || Collection Jan Lundberg, Malmö || Collection Anita Schröder, Malmö || Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris

TAFETA

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TAFETA is a London-based gallery specializing in 20th-century and contemporary African art. Established in 2013, the gallery remains one of the leading purveyors of some of the most important 20th-century artists of African descent.

TAFETA – STAND SHOWCASE 3
TAFETA – STAND SHOWCASE 3

Tribal Marks Series III #52

2019 || Babajide Olatunji (1989)
Charcoal & Pastel on Paper || 106 × 152 cm (41.7 x 59.9 in.)

Tribal Marks Series IV #16

2020 || Babajide Olatunji (1989)
Charcoal & Pastel on Paper || 40 × 60 cm (15.7 x 23.6 in.)

Tribal Mark Series III #48

2019 || Babajide Olatunji (1989)
Charcoal & Pastel on Paper || 106 × 152 cm (41.7 x 59.9 in.)

Baga Nimba (Wood-Chrome)

2019 || Niyi Olagunju (1981)
Wood, Silver-Nitrate Chrome Coated Aluminium || 133.1 × 35 × 55.7 cm (52.2 × 13.4 × 21.9 in.)

Baga Nimba (Purple) Chrome

2019 || Niyi Olagunju (1981)
Chrome-Plated Bronze || 70 × 26.2 × 21 cm (27.3 × 10.3 × 8.3 in.)

Aroko #21

2020 || Babajide Olatunji (1989)
Charcoal & Pastel on Paper || 55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)

Aroko #17

2019 || Babajide Olatunji (1989)
Charcoal & Pastel on Paper || 55.9 × 76.2 cm (22 × 30 in.)

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