Specifications

• Height: 79 x 142 cm.
• Material: barkcloth
• Position:
• Gender:
• Indigenous name: maro
• Price realised: € 75.000,-

Provenance

Jacques Viot, Paris, coll. 1929; Silvia (Luzzatto and Pierre Loeb (1897-1964), Paris; Florence Loeb (1929-2011), Paris; Sotheby’s, paris 5-4-2012, lot 13; Private collection; Christie’s, Paris 3-12-2020, lot 9.

Publications

Contensou, B. a.o. (1979), L, aventure de Pierre Loeb, La Galerie Pierre, Paris 1924-1964, Issue 57, p. 108, no. 224.

Ref.: Peltier, Philippe (1992), ‘Jacques Viot. the maro of Tobati, and modern painting: Paris-New Guinea 1925-1935’ in Suzanne Greub (ed.) Art of Northwest New Guinea, 154-175.

Exhibitions

Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, exhibition with the above mentioned title, 7/6 – 16/9 1979; Brussels: Musée d’Ixelles, 4/10 – 23/12 1979

Additional information

Photo credits

Christie’s, Paris