Drawing "End of Mourning", 1869
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Lot: 358
87th Tribal Art AuctionDrawing "End of Mourning", 1869
Gabon, Mpongwe Village
| Provenance | Size | Starting price / estimated price |
|---|---|---|
| Monika Wengraff-Hewitt, London, Great Britain | M: 9.3 inch x 12.3 inch | This object is not available anymore. |
pen and brown ink, signed and inscribed in pencil, depiction of a dance in honour of the deceased king Ré-Dowé, known as "King Louis", who died in 1867, with mask dancer and musicians in Mpongwe village (Libreville) at the house of King Kringer, dated 1869, framed and glazed, m: 38 cm x 45,3 cm
Perrois, Louis, Punu, Milan 2008, p. 37, ill. 5; Perrois, Louis & Charlotte Grand-Dufay, The white masks of South Gabon, in: Art Tribal 08 (2005), p. 117, ill. 13
