Works from a German art collection
World-class pieces and the artistic aesthetic of the 1920s
Auction in Würzburg:
Saturday, 12 November 2022 — 2 pm
Preview:
Paul Gallery, Munich
29 and 30 October — from 10 am to 5 pm
Auction house Würzburg
9 until 11 November — from 10 am to 5 pm
Please note current changes to the corona regulations.
The present collection of non-European art includes almost 40 works. It comes from the estate of a German art dealer and was built up with a lot of taste and artistic understanding over the past fifty to sixty years.
It fills us with pride to be able to present these works here in their entirety - works that have been preserved „untouched“ as a closed collection, whose character, intention and artistic taste of their collector is wonderfully made visible.
Tasteful, stylish, and guided by the artistic aesthetic of the 1920s, this probably best describes what constitutes its core – each individual piece aesthetically pleasing in its own right and accomplished in its mastery of form. A mirror of classical works from West Africa, harmoniously coherent and – whenever possible – in an „immaculate“ state of preservation.
Only a few times does he “dare” to go to the Congo, Angola and Ethiopia, guided by aesthetics and provenance.
Old, sometimes complete provenance information can be found in a large part of his collection, including world-class pieces such as the rare Yoruba shrine figure, which came to the James T. Hooper Collection through Reverend Valentine Faulkner of the Church Missionary Society and his Yoruba period of residence (1866 – 1883) (Lot 25).
Côte d'Ivoire, Lagoons, Attie (Akye) / Ebrie
Provenance:
Ralf Lüders, Stuttgart, Germany
Alex Vömel (1897-1985), Düsseldorf, Germany
German Private Collection
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Provenance:
Hans Himmelheber (1908-2003), Heidelberg, Germany (coll. in situ, 1932)
Lore (1901-1980) and Georg Kegel (1898-1974), Hamburg, Germany (Inv. no. B6)
Ludwig Bretschneider (1909-1987), Munich, Germany
German Private Collection
Côte d'Ivoire, Baule
Provenance:
German Private Collection
Papua New Guinea - Bismarck Archipelago - New Ireland
Provenance:
Johann F. Gustav Umlauff (1833-1889), Hamburg, Germany
Eduard von der Heydt (1882-1964), Ascona, Switzerland (1926)
Alfred Flechtheim (1887-1937), Berlin, Germany
Alex Vömel (1897-1985), Düsseldorf, Germany
German Private Collection
Nigeria, Yoruba
Provenance:
Valentine Faulkner (collected in situ, 1866-1883)
James T. Hooper (1897-1971), Arundel, Great Britain
Sold by the family in 1976
Christie's, London, 14 July 1976, Lot 27
German Private Collection
D. R. Congo, Yombe
Provenance:
Christie's, South Kensington, 22 November 1988, Lot 200
German Private Collection