World Art

In the auction top ten, Tribal Arts are far from last. Whether called world art, tribal art, or ethnographic art, these treasures from Africa, the Americas, and Oceania have fascinated collectors from André Breton to Pierre Vérité, and from Pablo Picasso to Jacques Kerchache, who helped bring the creations of so-called “peoples without writing or history” into the Louvre in 2000 — paving the way for the opening of the Musée du Quai Branly in Paris. Though they were only recognized as works of art later in history, Tribal Arts have ignited a sacred fire in online auctions since 2000, with Dogon masks, Fang statues, Mbulu Ngulu Kota reliquary figures, Maori pendants, and Eskimo sculptures drawing passionate bids. Find the finest world art auctions on Drouot.com — in Paris, throughout France, and internationally (United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, United States, etc.)