Nigeria, Yoruba, Ila-Illorin
3050420
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany
Neumeister, Munich, 18 May 2006, Lot 75
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
H: 10.6 inch & 10.8 inch 600 EUR / 1200 EUR
Nigeria, Yoruba, Omu Aran
3050403
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H: 10 inch (each) sold
Nigeria, Yoruba, Abeokuta
3050412
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Galerie Schwarz-Weiß, Essen, Germany
Günther & Ursula Hartmann, Berlin, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 June 2014, Lot 360
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
H: 10.4 inch sold
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Iseyin
3050413
Provenance Size Hammer price
Henricus Simonis, Düsseldorf, Germany
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 18 October 2014, Lot 328
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
H: 10.4 inch sold
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo
3050418
Provenance Size Hammer price
Christa's Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 21 March 2015, Lot 318
Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany
H: 12.3 inch sold
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oshogbo
3049991
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Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria H: 11 inch 450 EUR / 900 EUR
Nigeria, Yoruba, Oyo, Ogbomosho
3050419
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Karl-Ludwig Gallwitz, Friedberg, Germany H: 11.3 inch 400 EUR / 800 EUR
Nigeria, Yoruba
3048486
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British Collection
Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium
H: 59.1 inch 5000 EUR / 8000 EUR
Provenance Size Hammer price
Theo A.H.M. Dobbelmann, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Belgian Private Collection
Native, Brussels, Belgium
H: 13.8 inch 0 EUR
Provenance Size Hammer price
Adam Prout, Worcestershire, Great Britain L: 14.2 inch sold
Cameroon Grassfields, Babanki / Kom (Bekom)
3050472
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American Broadcasting Company (ABC), New York, USA
Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California, USA
Los Angeles Private Collection, USA
H: 21.1 inch 5000 EUR / 10000 EUR
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamenda
3050460
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
John & Nicole Dintenfass, New York, USA
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 27 May 2017, Lot 350
H: 11 inch 1200 EUR / 2000 EUR
Cameroon Grassfields, Bamileke / Bangwa
3050758
Provenance Size Hammer price
Bernard Dulon, Paris, France
Johann Levy, Paris, France
Joaquin Pecci, Brussels, Belgium
H: 15 inch sold
3050754
Provenance Size Hammer price
Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, 20 June 1999, Lot 176
Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Alfons Bermel, Berlin, Germany
Lucien van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Sotheby's New York, 16.11.2001, Lot 98
Frank van Craen, Brussels, Belgium
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 May 2013, Lot 312
Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium (HKB2513)
H: 19.3 inch 0 EUR
3050892
Provenance Size Hammer price
Wolfgang Ketterer, Munich, 6 December 1986, Lot 330
German Private Collection
Dorotheum, Vienna, 26 May 2015, Lot 93
Philippe Laeremans, Brussels, Belgium (Bruneaf 2016)
Galerie Lucas Ratton, Paris, France (2019)
H: 16.1 inch sold
Cameroon, Wum / Kom / Nso
3050483
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Edith Hafter (1911-2001), Solothurn, Switzerland H: 16.7 inch 800 EUR / 1500 EUR
3050895
Provenance Size Hammer price
New England Private Collection
Mark Eglinton, New York, USA
H: 11 inch 0 EUR
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
L: 19.1 inch (sword); 13.8 inch (scabbard) 300 EUR / 600 EUR
3050794
Provenance Size Hammer price
Collection M. de R.
Giquello, Paris, 8 November 2023, Lot 1
H: 15 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, Azande
3050759
Provenance Size Hammer price
Alex Arthur, Brussels, Belgium
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 31 October 2015, Lot 417
Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium
H: 4.7 inch; L: 8.9 inch sold
3050753
Provenance Size Hammer price
Field collected by Boris Adé, Geneve, Switzerland (ca. 1953-1957)
Belgian Private Collection, Brussels

Adé spent years as a doctor to Pygmies in the Ituri country. He was field collector in the Uele region in north Congo between 1946-1949 & 1953-1957.
H: 15.9 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, eastern Congo, Sikasingo-Bembe(eastern)-Buyu
3050833
Provenance Size Hammer price
Daniel Biebuyck (1925-2019), Belgium / USA (collected 1955)
Jean-Baptiste Biebuyck, Belgium
H: 11.4 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Bembe
3050772
Provenance Size Hammer price
Gerard Wahl Boyer, Paris, France
Stephane Grusenmeyer, Brussels, Belgium
H: 5.3 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, Chokwe
3050398
Provenance Size Hammer price
Rudolf Leopold, Vienna, Austria M: 5.5 inch x 4.3 inch (mask); 5.3 inch x 9.8 inch (board) sold
3050408
Provenance Size Hammer price
H: 11.8 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Kanyok, Kadyaat-Kalool (died ca.1920) or his workshop
3050756
Provenance Size Hammer price
Henri/Henry Pareyn (1869-1928), Antwerp, Belgium (1920)
Didier Claes, Brussels, Belgium (2004)
Property from the Estate of Shirley and Hy Zaret (1907-2007), Connecticut
Pierre Bergé, Brussels, 5 June 2008, Lot 1352
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 25 May 2013, Lot 376

Pareyn started collecting and dealing in African art (largely from the Congo) in the 1890s. Based in Antwerp, he amassed huge collections. Two major sales took place during his lifetime: in around 1910 and notably in 1920 when the City of Antwerp purchased 1600 "Congo objects of all kinds" which formed the basis of the Antwerp Ethnography Museum's Central African collections. After his death his entire collection was put up for auction at the Grand Hotel, Antwerp in December 1928. This five day auction with almost 2000 lots raised 2000.000 Belgian Francs.
H: 6.1 inch; L: 9.4 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom, Kuba-Bushoong
3050813
Provenance Size Hammer price
Belgian Private Collection H: 11.4 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, Kuba Kingdom / Kete
3050118
Provenance Size Hammer price
H: 28.7 inch sold
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Peter Haslacher, Munich, Germany (1982)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 148
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 October 2020, Lot 256
L: 15.7 inch; H: 3 inch 300 EUR / 500 EUR
D. R. Congo, Kuba-Shoowa
3050826
Provenance Size Hammer price
Banque Belgolaise, Brussels, Belgium M: 19.7 inch x 18.9 inch sold
3050470
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
American Private Collection H: 11.8 inch 3000 EUR / 6000 EUR
Provenance Size Hammer price
Oberleutnant Albert Linke (Lincke), collected in situ, before 1909
Family owned until 2008
Anton Mentrup, Mainz-Kastel, Germany
H: 3.3 inch & 3.9 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Luba
3050808
Provenance Size Hammer price
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium H: 5.9 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, Luba-Hemba / Kusu
3050789
Provenance Size Hammer price
English Private Collection
Dorotheum, Vienna, 28 June 2023, Lot 32
H: 12.4 inch 0 EUR
Provenance Size Hammer price
Belgian Collection L: 7.9 inch; B: 3.9 inch 0 EUR
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
American Private Collection H: 15.6 inch; D: 8.5 inch 4500 EUR / 8000 EUR
D. R. Congo, Lulua (Luluwa)
3050807
Provenance Size Hammer price
Jean-Marc Desaive, Soumagne, Belgium H: 8.8 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Luntu, Kasai region
3048514
Provenance Size Hammer price
Allan Stone, New York, USA H: 23.6 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Mbuun
3050825
Provenance Size Hammer price
Jo de Buck, Brussels, Belgium M: 10.6 inch x 21.3 inch 0 EUR
3049694
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
Jack Faxon, Detroit / Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA H: 19.1 inch 3000 EUR / 6000 EUR
3050769
Provenance Size Hammer price
collected in Angola by a former portuguese colonial
Dave DeRoche, San Francisco, USA (1995)
Bren Heymans, Antwerp, Belgium
Kellim Brown, Brussels, Belgium
H: 11 inch 0 EUR
3050740
Provenance Size Hammer price
Hermann Kühn, Munich, Germany
Peter Haslacher, Munich, Germany (1998)
Lempertz, Brussels, 22 January 2013, Lot 150
Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 24 October 2020, Lot 286
H: 9.6 inch sold
3050373
Provenance Size Hammer price
H: 2.4 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Kwilu-Kasai, Pende
3050801
Provenance Size Hammer price
Private Collection Europe
Christie's Paris, 16 June 2009, Lot 275
Rob Vervoort, Molenstede-Diest, Belgium
H: 16.7 inch; D: 8.7 inch 0 EUR
D. R. Congo, Poto / Ngombe
3050495
Provenance Size Hammer price
H: 56.5 inch sold
3050796
Provenance Size Hammer price
Belgian Colonial Collection
Collection of a Ghent painter
H: 16.3 inch sold
D. R. Congo, Sengele
3050771
Provenance Size Hammer price
Marc Leo Felix, Brussels, Belgium ("FC7372") H: 14.6 inch & 16.3 inch 0 EUR
3050896
Provenance Size Hammer price
Barry Kitnick & Jill Alexander Collection, Los Angeles, USA (1970)
Private Collection, Los Angeles, USA
Joshua Dimondstein, Los Angeles, USA

Barry Kitnick served in the Peace Corps in Liberia in the late 1960s. Upon his return in June 1979, he opened Gallery "K" in West Hollywood, California, where he exhibited African art (closed 1992). In his early thirties, Kitnick became one of the youngest senior appraisers and world-renowned experts on African art and was known for his ability to recognise "the real thing".
H: 13.6 inch (with horn) sold
D. R. Congo, Songye
3050733
Provenance Size Starting price / estimated price
H: 8.9 inch; T: 7.7 inch 450 EUR / 900 EUR
D. R. Congo, Songye
3050832
Provenance Size Hammer price
Alain Guisson, Brussels, Belgium H: 20.1 inch 0 EUR