A Collection of Cannibals - Collecting Tiki

A atomictonytiki Tiki Socialite Spain Joined: May 14, 2002 Posts: 1322	A atomictonytiki Posted posted on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 5:50 AM On 2009-09-15 12:54, bigbrotiki wrote: ...which Picasso liked so much he had a replica made of it: [ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-09-15 12:56 ] I don't think he personally had a replica made because I went to an exhibition which featured items from the Roland Penrose Archive (an early but influential collector of surrealists/da da/cubists) and they had the very same "Tangora god of the sea" cast. It just shows that the surrealists had the best shops to visit, where you could buy casts of amazing Tikis. Also the Tangora Babies are exactly like the small figures on the big tiki.

On 2009-09-15 12:54, bigbrotiki wrote:

...which Picasso liked so much he had a replica made of it:

[ Edited by: bigbrotiki 2009-09-15 12:56 ]

I don't think he personally had a replica made because I went to an exhibition which featured items from the Roland Penrose Archive (an early but influential collector of surrealists/da da/cubists) and they had the very same "Tangora god of the sea" cast.

It just shows that the surrealists had the best shops to visit, where you could buy casts of amazing Tikis.

Also the Tangora Babies are exactly like the small figures on the big tiki.

Post #483661 by atomictonytiki on Wed, Sep 16, 2009 5:50 AM