African and Oceanic Art
Liz Contag Art has been entrusted to sell curated African tribal art from Dave Dahl’s private art collection, one of the largest African Tribal Art collections in the USA. We are only selling art with certificates of authenticity provided by international auction houses (Sotheby’s, Bonham’s, etc.) that have been appraised/valued and/or with an assigned Yale archive number. All information pertaining to the featured pieces is provided to Liz Contag Art directly by Dave Dahl.
SONGYE-Kifwebe Mask, 22" x 12" x 10", Collected by Patric A.P. Claes; in situ before 1960
IGBO-Bronze Cuffs, 15" x 5" x 5", Sotheby's Important Tribal Art NY 1986, Lot 155, Vetted: San Francisco Tribal Art Show; Yale Archive # 0088271
MOSSI-Ancestral Figure, 34" x 4" x 4", Anonymous seller, 1979; Hermann Sommerhage, Duisburg, Germany, 2009; Loudmer-Poulain, Paris, "Arts Primitifs", 13 June 1979. Lot 7;
SONGYE- Kifwebe Mask, 19.5" x 8.5" x 10", Ex: Woods Davy Collection - LA; Yale# 0099759; Woods Davy commented about this object on 2008/10/05: collected from Catholic mission in village of Kalonda, territory of Kabinda, the origin is most likely further East, in Eastern Songye area.
SONGYE- Statue, 10" x 3" x 3", Ex. Joshua Dimondstein ex Marie-Jeanne Walschot, Brussels; 11 June 2007 - Art Africain et Océanien - Christie's; Kellim Brown, New York; 5 May 2015 - Fine African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art - Bonhams Yale #0078778
KUSU- Statue, 19.5" x 5" x 6", Brussels, Belgium: "BRUNEAF, Brussels Non European Art Fair XVIII", Yale # 0093527
HEMBA-Statue, 22" x 6" x 6", Ex: Swiss Collection bought by Michel Koenig, Brussels, "Undersigned Francois Neyt certifies the authenticity of this ancestor Hemba Sculpture done in Brussels on 01/24/2013; Published: African Tribal Art Book; Yale #0042566, Christie's London, July 3, 1980, Lot 434.
YORUBA- Epa Mask, 47" x 10" x 11.5", Ex: Stephen & Suzanne Weiss of Connecticut acquired from Sotheby's, NY October 1994, Lot 52, Yale# 0040283
SONGYE- Statue, 31" x 5" x 7", Sotheby's Parke Bernet, New York, 24 March 1979: no. 156, Yale# 0031495
EKET - Male Figure, 24.75" x 5" x 4", Ex: Eric Roberts, NY Ex: Bruce Frank, NY Ex: Christie's 574-3
YORUBA- Bowl, 9.5" x 6.5" x 6.5", Ex: Udo Horstman, Switzerland Heritage Auction, Dallas-Texas, 7 June 2007. Lot. 48151; Yale #0076843
YORUBA- Shango Staff, 21" x 6" x 4", Sotheby's London 6/29/87 #185, Yale # 0038354-01
YORUBA- Edan Staffs, 12.5" x 3" x 2.5", Sotheby's November 1998, NY Lot # 269; Yale # 0008716
YORUBA-Maternity Figure, 35" x 10" x 8"