Paul Guillaume (1891–1934) African sculptures from the Paul Guillaume collection, c. 1925. Eyima byeri reliquary guardian figures (Fang Betsi or Mvaï people, Gabon). Anthropomorphic mask (Dan people, Ivory Coast). Three (3) vintage silver prints. Cropping marks and annotations on the reverse. Medium format: 28.5 x 19.3 cm Bibliography: - Jazz, No. 1, Paris, Éditeur Louis Querelle, 1928, p. 7. - Paul Guillaume, Thomas Munro, La Sculpture nègre primitive, Paris, Éditions G. Crès et Cie, 1929, pls. 30–31. Two of the objects depicted are now in the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, while the third is in the collections of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich.
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Paul Guillaume (1891–1934)
African sculptures from the Paul Guillaume collection, c. 1925.
Eyima byeri reliquary guardian figures (Fang Betsi or Mvaï people, Gabon). Anthropomorphic mask (Dan people, Ivory Coast).
Three (3) vintage silver prints. Cropping marks and annotations on the reverse.
Medium format: 28.5 x 19.3 cm
Bibliography:
- Jazz, No. 1, Paris, Éditeur Louis Querelle, 1928, p. 7.
- Paul Guillaume, Thomas Munro, La Sculpture nègre primitive, Paris, Éditions G. Crès et Cie, 1929, pls. 30–31.
Two of the objects depicted are now in the collections of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris, while the third is in the collections of the Rietberg Museum in Zurich.
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