AUCTION 285 - AFRICAN AND OCEANIAN ART FROM TWO IMPORTANT EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTIONS (ONLINE)
Lot 93
Arte Africana
A double crested mask, Winiama Burkina Faso
A zoomorphic mask characterized by two flat curving horns rising from the top of the head and decorated with geometrical pattern
NOTE: for a similar piece, see Sothebys, NY, 11 May 2012, lot. 89.
Provenance: Parisian collection of the painter Arturo Carmassi (Lucca 1925 - Empoli 2015). This piece had come through the inheritance of the collector and humanist Renèe Druart (Grasse 1888 - 1961) whose daughter Carmassi had married.
Measures: 82.0 x 24.0 cm
Starting price: € 1.000,00
Estimate: € 2.000,00 - 4.000,00
The lot will be auctioned on 24 March starting from 15:00.
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