Group, I have been browsing the upcoming Zemanek auction--- http://www.tribal-art-auktion.de/Katalog-0-Inhalt.pdf and thought I would share a few of my choices...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 10, 2005 9:51 pm
Thanks Rand, I think that the use I'm thinking of is correct but the attribution is proving a bit tricky. D.R.C seems to be consistent with others opinions but...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Aug 11, 2005 12:31 am
Craig, I think that we could go to the auction together. There would be no battle between us ! The following things would be welcome in my home : - n° 79 >...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Aug 11, 2005 4:21 am
Craig, Thanks for posting the link to the catalog. They are always fun to look through and there were quite a few affordable pieces. I browsed through the...
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craig lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 11, 2005 11:26 am
Rand and Vero, thanks for sharing your choices. Vero, I missed out the Mangbetu drum so maybe we'd have a battle on that one!! I also liked your choice of the...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Aug 11, 2005 11:27 am
Bonjour ! I watched well the items that caught your eyes in the Zemanek catalog, and classified the items by order of preference : in Craig's list : 1. Ifa...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 11, 2005 11:59 am
Vero, Intersting to see your order of preference,if we were buying 3 pieces for a museum we wouldn't actually have too many arguments!! For me the choice of...
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John Nash
jnash
Aug 11, 2005 12:15 pm
Craig, If you wanted absolutely everything on your list, then we couldn't go together... My favorite of the auction by far is 220. the Ifa Bowl. There's no...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Aug 11, 2005 1:41 pm
John: Much attention has been given to other traditions of figure sculpture from the Western Guinea Coast , while much of the focus upon Mende (Temne and ...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 11, 2005 1:56 pm
John, In my opinion I feel the Ifa bowl will attract quite a bit of interest.It will be interesting to see what the end price will be, I think it will be over...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Aug 11, 2005 2:05 pm
Vero, I am in agreement with you on the Djenne pot (#79). For the sake of pure simplicity of form with a touch of history, this pot would be my first choice...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Aug 11, 2005 2:48 pm
Craig: Answers, perhaps not. But ideas, these I have... The most impressive elements of the little figure you have presented are the extreme abstraction of...
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Jan De Clerck
koelan2003
Aug 11, 2005 2:53 pm
Aloha, As a matter of fact I WILL probably be going to Zemanek…Still depends on the bloody renovations of my house though. Nice enquiry you launched Craig!...
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John Monroe
jwmonroe29
Aug 11, 2005 3:02 pm
Oh dear. Good thing I'm "between pieces" (i.e. saving up for the next thing) at the moment! I went through and picked out my favorites, and everyone seems to...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Aug 11, 2005 3:02 pm
It will be interesting to see how things turn out at this auction. Last time, it seemed that -- with a few notable high-profile exceptions (like the Helena...
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Veronique Martelliere
proximatribal
Aug 11, 2005 3:33 pm
Bonjour, Lee Well, when browsing I missed the ***** Salampasu panel #399. Thank you for pointing it out ! I agree with you about the #89 mask : it does not...
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GARYGLS2000@...
bunumbu
Aug 11, 2005 3:33 pm
Mende "minsereh"; figures are quite rare, Craig. Unfortunately there has been a plethora of extremely well carved figures on the market in recent years, all of...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Aug 11, 2005 3:34 pm
Craig, While browsing the Internet this morning, looking for something or another, I came across the behind the scenes index pf pictures page for Dimondstein...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Aug 11, 2005 4:17 pm
Hi Jan, Have fun at the auction, I am envoius that you will be going... Please give us a report of your experience after you return. I missed Lot 389 that is...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 11, 2005 6:46 pm
Lee and Rand, Wow!! Great work, thanks to you both. What I have found particularly interesting is the Kasongo figure that Lee found. The style of the head is...
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LRubinstein@...
leerubinstein
Aug 12, 2005 2:11 am
Gary: Apologies for being so slow to respond but I realize that part of the reason for my slowness in responding is that I am not sure to what you refer ...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Aug 12, 2005 5:03 am
Hi group, I was searching through my African Arts publications tonight and I ran across the photos and references citing the "male and female" horizontal...
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Rand African Art
denverrand
Aug 12, 2005 4:41 pm
Hi all, I was up late last night going through lots of books and reading articles, and I came across one that I really enjoyed reading and wanted to share it...
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Bob Ibold
bobbold2000
Aug 12, 2005 7:21 pm
Thanks for that article. I especially enjoyed the captioned photos of artists, costumes, and of course their wonderful painted carvings. Sure is a lot...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 13, 2005 3:20 pm
I agree, nice article and like Bob I also liked the photo's with the painted pieces. I particularly like #5 the Idoma anjenu shrine figures,#9 the Mami Wata...
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Bob Ibold
bobbold2000
Aug 13, 2005 6:19 pm
Hi Craig, My participation in the group is sporadic, so I don't know much about you. Do you enjoy modern African folk/traditional art? As a collector, I'm ...
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John Nash
jnash
Aug 13, 2005 9:05 pm
Dear Craig and Lee, Thanks much for your comments on the Mende figures. And thanks Lee for all the links and the reading recommendation (how do you find all...
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John Nash
jnash
Aug 13, 2005 9:06 pm
Dear Group, I am traveling to Ghana next week with hopes of meeting artists who are doing interesting work to showcase on a web site I run called...
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Craig Lewis
craig_n_emma
Aug 14, 2005 2:08 pm
Hi Bob, yes I do share your enthusiasm for contemporary masks etc. Until about 7-8 months ago I only collected traditional art but then I saw a brightly...
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Bouillie Jean-Pierre
bouiliejp
Aug 14, 2005 2:09 pm
Véro, I should like to get these items: -1.Mangbetu drum(373) -2.Lulwa mask(359) -3.Kumu mask(335) -4.Giphogo mask(397) -5.Jukun figure(194) I also like the...
