Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
39 cm
The Pennsylvania University Museum, Philadelphia
Sturgis Ingersoll Collection, Philadelphia
William A. Mc Carty-Cooper Collection, Los Angeles
Christie’s, New York, 19 May 1992, Lot. 138
Arman Collection, New York
Samir Borro Collection, Bruxelles
A. Weißeneger Collection, Amsterdam
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Christie’s, New York, 19 May 1992, cover
Arman et l’Art Africain, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, 1996, p. 10
Mbulu Ngulu
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
32 cm
Collection Henri Kamer (1937 -1992), New York
Collection Daniel Hourdé, Paris, 1992, acquired from the above Collection John Dintenfass, New York, 1998, acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Bruxelles Non European Art Fair- Bruneaf XXII, Catalogue, 2012, pp. 44-45
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 30/33
Kota, Gabon
Middle of 19th cent.
Wood, copper, brass, iron
38 cm
Former Colonial French Collection
Galerie Alain de Monbrison, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Winter Bruneaf, Catalogue, Bruxelles, 2019
Kota, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood, copper, alloy
44,5 cm
Formerly in Merton Simpson’s collection,
New York, USA
Formerly in Viviane Jutheau, Comtesse de Witt’s collection 1985
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton, Gabon, Paris, 2017, pp.22-23
Kota, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood and metal
32 cm
French private’s collection and kept in the family since
Daniel Hourdé’s collection, Paris
Phillipe Ratton’s gallery, Paris
Anna Demina Collection
Galerie Ratton, Gabon, Paris, June-September 2017, pp.28-29
KOTA Ndassa reliquary figure
Gabon / Congo
Wood, copper, alloy H. 47,5 cm
Late XIXth century
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Kota, Gabon
19th cent
Wood, brass, copper, iron
74 cm
Collected in Gabon between 1926-1934 by a French doctor participating to the Expédition Citroën Centre Afrique and the construction of the Congo-Ocean Railway
Loudmer Drouot Montaigne, Paris, 1997
R.L. Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré, Milano
Kota Obamba, Gabon
19th cent
Wood, copper, brass
57 cm
Charles Ratton, Paris
Pace Primitive, New York
Private Collection, USA ( acquired from above in 1986)
Dalton-Somare Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection Milan
Lumbu, Gabon
Late 19th – Early 20th cent.
Wood, glass, copper, pigments
31,5 cm
Ex Colonial French Collection
Galerie Bernard Dulon, Paris
Private Collection, Paris
Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Les Lumbu. Un Art Sacré, Charlotte Grand-Dufay, 2016, p. 151
Un’Avventura Estetica, Galleria Dalton Somaré, Milan, 2018, pp. 9-11
Tendencias del Mercado del Arte, Madrid, Junio 2018, n. 114, front cover page
CULTURES, The World Art fair, Bruxelles, June 2018, Catalogue, p. 23
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 54/57
Muhunzu, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood, natural pigments, raffia, hide
63 cm
Maud & René Garcia, Paris
Pace Primitive, New York, acquired circa 1980
Distinguished Private Collection, California
Anderson Family Collection, Connecticut, acquired 2003
Pace Primitive, New York (inv.54-4393)
Cole Harrell, New York, acquired from the above, 2016
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Punu, Gabon
Late 19th – Early 20th cent.
Wood, pigments, kaolin
34 cm
Collected in situ around 1923
Private Collection, Paris
Galerie Ratton, Paris
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Parcours des Mondes, Salon International Des Arts Premiers, Catalogue, Paris, 2018
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 48/51
Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Punu, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood, pigments, kaolin
19 cm
Collection Maurice Denis (1870-1943)
Renaud Vanuxem, Paris
Collection privée européenne
Sotheby’s Paris Sculpture 4.12.2020 lot 40
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Gabon
Tsogho peoples
19th or early 20th century
Light wood, kaolin
30 cm
Cornette De St Cyr, June 2004, lot 160
Private collection, NY. Pace Gallery, NY
Private collection, CT
Ahdrc # 0050197
Anna Demina’s Collection
Vuvi, Gabon
Beginning 20th cent.
Wood and kaolin
29,5 cm
Collection Pierre Langlois, Lille
Collection du Pr. Pierre Bienayme
Gallery Philippe Ratton Paris
Collection Anna Demina Milan
Byeri, Gabon
Late 19th cent.
Wood
13,5 cm
Collection Léonce Guerre (1880-1948), Marseille
Collection Pierre Guerre (1910-1978), Marseille, inv. n° 97
Collection Christine et Alain Vidal-Naquet, Marseille
Sotheby’s, Paris, Pierre Guerre, Art d’Afrique, 15 juin 2011, lot 5
Collection privée, acquis lors de cette vente
Christie’s Shape (s) 3.12. 2020 lot 11
Marseille, Musée Cantini, Arts africains, 23 mars – 2 août 1970
Marseille, Centre de la Vieille Charité, MAAOA – Musée d’Arts Africains, Océaniens, Amérindiens, Pierre Guerre. Un érudit en son temps, 20 mars – 31 mai 1992
Congo
19th cent.
Ivory
11 cm
Formerly in Umberto Giacomelli’s collection, Italy. Received as a gift from His Eimnence A.Tamba, order of the Saveriani missionary, in a Kivu village in Lega territory circa 1970
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Gabon
19th cent.
Wood
60 cm
Private French collection
Base Kichizo Inagaki
Sotheby’s lot 74, June 25, 2020
Anna Demina’s Collection, Milan
Arts d’Afrique, Paris, June 25, 2020
Gabon
Early 20th cent.
Wood and polychromy
170 cm
Formerly in Galerie Philippe Guimiot, Bruxelles
Formerly in Dr Andrault’s collection
Formerly in Galerie Kanaga, Paris
Formerly in a private French collection
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton, Gabon, Paris, June-September 2017, pp.68-69
Tsonga, South Africa and Zimbabwe
19th cent.
Hardwood
23 cm
Private collection, United Kingdom
Anna Demina’s Collection, Milan
Punu, Gabon
early 20th century
Gallery No. KKD-52, Collection No. MP-6
Until 1952 part of the historical collection of the ethnologist and trader Julius Konietzko, then inherited by his son Boris Kegel-Konietzko.
Kota, Gabon
Atelier of Semangoy
Middle of 19th cent
Wood, copper, brass, iron, shell
63 cm
Colonial Belgian Collection, Bruxelles
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, Paris acquired from the above
Collection Marc Larock, Paris acquired from the above
Anna Demina Collection, Milan
Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, “Kota”, Paris, 2003, pp. 52-53
Galerie Ratton, “Gabon”, Paris, 2017, pp. 42-43
Dalton Somaré, “Un’Avventura Estetica”, Milano, 2018, pp. 13-15
Origins, A Vision on African Art, Dalton Somaré Gallery, Milan, 2019, pp. 42/45
Congo
Late 19th cent.
It was collected by Fernand-Francois Juve, a French territorial administrator in the Pangi region, between 1953-1960. Transmitted by descent.
Mangbetu People
D.R. of the Congo
Late 19th – Early 20th cent
Wood, feathers, basketry, fiber
115 cm
Dominican Missionary Sisters of Namur, around 1937
Didier Claes, Bruxelles
Anna Demina’s Collection, Milan
Gabon
19th to very early 20th cent.
54 cm – 62 cm – 53,5 cm
Privat English and French collections
