SOLD ! ARTS D'AFRIQUE, D'OCEANIE ET DES AMERIQUES TOTALS €6M

THE SALE AT A GLANCE :
Sale overview : This sale celebrate the arts of the Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Papua New Guinea in particular. Highlights of the auction include an iconic baule mask, a fascinating kota reliquary figure, as well as a very rare figure from Lake Sentani. (read more)
Sale’s total : €6,005,580
Pre-sale estimates : €2,971,000 – 4,199,000
Number of lots : 22
98% of lots sold
Buyers from over twenty countries
THE TOP LOT OF THE SALE :
Lot number : 14
Work : Baule Mask, Ivory Coast
Sold for : €2,036,500
Provenance : A member of the Monuments Men, an anthropologist and a curator for several American museums, Frederick Pleasants also distinguished himself as a collector of taste and one of the most important specialists of African, Oceanic and South American arts in the 20th century.