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23 June 2023

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

21 lots sold out of 22  5 lots over €500K, 2 lots over €1M.  Preemption by the Musée du Quai Branly J. Chirac 
Paris France 23 June 2023
SOLD !
<strong><em>ARTS D'AFRIQUE, D'OCEANIE ET DES AMERIQUES</em></strong> 
<strong>TOTALS €6M</strong> 

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. 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.