Picts of Picasso's Marquesan Tiki - Sketches - Tiki Carving

T Tahitiki Grand Member (1 year) San Jose Joined: Jun 11, 2004 Posts: 324	T Tahitiki Posted posted on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 4:48 AM Sweet man this is cool, thanks. I found stuff on one of the pair of marquesans that was sold that day. Chech out the price... Lot 248, pair of figures, Marquesas Islands, 61 1/8 inches high Lot 248 is a "superb" pair of figures from the Marquesas Islands. It is 61 1/8 inches high and was once in the collection of Ambrose Vollard, then Jos Hessel of Paris, then Jacob Epstein of London and the Carlo Monzino Collection. The catalogue notes that the work follows "the traditional form of Marquesa architectural ornaments" and that large scale figures such as this "are more commonly found in stone." The entry also maintains that "the importance of these two impressive Marquesas figures lies as much in their sculpture and rarity as it does in their impact on the appreciation of Pacific art and the development of modern art." This lot for a while adorned Ambrose Vollard's cellar where he entertained andit was published by Paul Guillaume in 1917 on the occassion of his primitive art exhibition thta opened his gallery. The lot hs an estimtae of $100,000 to $150,000. It sold for $352,000, an auction record for a Marquesas Islands work of art. In a catalogue essay on "Jacob Epstein and Carlo Monzino, two collectors ahead of their time," Jacob Epstein, a famous sculptor, is quoted as recalling that he first met Paul Guillaume in Paris in 1912 in Montmartre in a small attic room: "He started the vogue in African work. Of course, it was the artists who first saw the sculptural qaulities of African work, and they were followed by the dealers who saw money in it." The essay also quotes Carlo Monzino that "the culminating moment for me: the acquisition of the Jacob Epstein Collection in 1964. Many masterpiece from an unknown civilization, beloved by a genius sculptor, sold by his widow to purchase a villa at the shores of Lake Garda. And then the fascinating moments with the 'big old,' Charles Ratton...And the travels to Africa, together with Franco Monti. Love at first sight, for the 'negritude' - in all senses - heat, dust, chicken, dirt everywhere....But an irresistible fascination, so far away from the'exotic-charter'-style toursist." The essay notes that Epstein, who was born in the United States, but lived most of his life in England, died in 1959, aged seventy-nine and left behind "one of the greatest private collections of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas and the Classic world. Tahitiki [ Edited by: Tahitiki 2008-08-18 21:17 ]

Sweet man this is cool, thanks.

I found stuff on one of the pair of marquesans that was sold that day. Chech out the price...

Lot 248, pair of figures, Marquesas Islands, 61 1/8 inches high

Lot 248 is a "superb" pair of figures from the Marquesas Islands. It is 61 1/8 inches high and was once in the collection of Ambrose Vollard, then Jos Hessel of Paris, then Jacob Epstein of London and the Carlo Monzino Collection.

The catalogue notes that the work follows "the traditional form of Marquesa architectural ornaments" and that large scale figures such as this "are more commonly found in stone." The entry also maintains that "the importance of these two impressive Marquesas figures lies as much in their sculpture and rarity as it does in their impact on the appreciation of Pacific art and the development of modern art." This lot for a while adorned Ambrose Vollard's cellar where he entertained andit was published by Paul Guillaume in 1917 on the occassion of his primitive art exhibition thta opened his gallery. The lot hs an estimtae of $100,000 to $150,000. It sold for $352,000, an auction record for a Marquesas Islands work of art.

In a catalogue essay on "Jacob Epstein and Carlo Monzino, two collectors ahead of their time," Jacob Epstein, a famous sculptor, is quoted as recalling that he first met Paul Guillaume in Paris in 1912 in Montmartre in a small attic room: "He started the vogue in African work. Of course, it was the artists who first saw the sculptural qaulities of African work, and they were followed by the dealers who saw money in it." The essay also quotes Carlo Monzino that "the culminating moment for me: the acquisition of the Jacob Epstein Collection in 1964. Many masterpiece from an unknown civilization, beloved by a genius sculptor, sold by his widow to purchase a villa at the shores of Lake Garda. And then the fascinating moments with the 'big old,' Charles Ratton...And the travels to Africa, together with Franco Monti. Love at first sight, for the 'negritude' - in all senses - heat, dust, chicken, dirt everywhere....But an irresistible fascination, so far away from the'exotic-charter'-style toursist." The essay notes that Epstein, who was born in the United States, but lived most of his life in England, died in 1959, aged seventy-nine and left behind "one of the greatest private collections of the Arts of Africa, Oceania, the Americas and the Classic world.

Tahitiki

[ Edited by: Tahitiki 2008-08-18 21:17 ]

Post #401226 by Tahitiki on Thu, Aug 14, 2008 4:48 AM