Lot: 204

97. Auktion

Zwei Gabeln von herausragender Qualität

Côte d'Ivoire, Yaure / Baule

Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Maurice Pierre Lapalud (1868-1935), coll. in situ between 1925 -1930
SVV J.- E. Prunier, Louviers, "L'Exigence du Beau", 20 May 2018, Lot 252
Bruno Frey, Arnay-le-Duc, France

Lapalud, born on 22 September 1868 in Miliana, Algeria, was a French colonial official. After holding various positions in the colonial administration in the Congo and India, he was governor of Gabon in 1918 and made it to governor-general of French Equatorial Africa in 1920 before serving as governor of the Ivory Coast in 1925. A square in Abidjan bears his name.
H: 21 cm This object is not available anymore.

Holz, rest.

Diese beiden Schnitzwerke bestechen durch die Feinheit in der Ausarbeitung der Gesichtszüge und Details. Sie sind von einer Hand gearbeitet.

Sie wurden in situ gesammelt von Maurice Pierre Lapalud, der in den Jahren von 1925 bis 1930 Gouverneur der Elfenbeinküste war.


Exhibited:

Brussels, Belgium, "Winter BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair", 23-27 January 2019