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AFRICA ( CONTEMPORARY ART) - A sculpture in blackened wood. Wood, H 75cm (8)

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AFRICA ( CONTEMPORARY ART) - A sculpture in blackened wood. Wood, H 75cm (8)

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Estim. 1 200 - 1 500 EUR

Great head of the Nok culture. Nigeria. H with stand 32cm, H without stand 25cm, made of beige-brownish mottled terracotta with elaborate piled-up coiffure with side braids, pierced eyes and nostrils. The head was apparently recovered broken and has not been restored. This head probably comes from the same archaeological site as the previous number. For a long time it was controversial to speak of Nok as a culture due to a lack of knowledge about the economic and settlement methods of the prehistoric population, as there is no documentation on the circumstances under which most Nok figurines were found. As a rule, the place of discovery is also unknown. Settlement remains have also not been researched or published. In contrast to Europe, archaeological work in Africa is therefore particularly difficult and almost exclusively limited to chance finds. One such chance discovery in the 1940s brought to light the earliest evidence of black African sculpture outside Egypt. After the discovery of the first clay head in the Jaba village of the same name in the Zaria Province of Nigeria, which had already been discovered in 1944 as a scarecrow (!) and which had been shown to archaeologist Bernard Fagg, he became aware of a second head that was brought to him. He called this culture Nok. However, it was William Buller Fagg, his older brother, who arranged for the heads to be shown in the exhibition of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain Traditional Art from the British Colonies in London in 1949. A characteristic feature of the Nok sculptures are the elliptical to triangular eyes, whose pupils, like the nostrils, are usually pierced. A great wealth of imagination is evident in the design of the extravagant hairstyles, as well as in other individual features such as jewelry or other accessories. In terms of cultural history, the creations of the Nok culture are remarkable because on the one hand they combine a great diversity of conceptual form with a relatively continuous unity of style, but on the other hand they show a tendency to emphasize the head, as is so widespread in more recent African art. As in almost all parts of the world, however, it is precisely terracotta and metal finds that can shed light on the artistic statements of past cultures. Fragmentary. Provenance: Ex Coll. Mareidi and Gert Stoll, Munich, in Germany since the mid to late 1960s.

Estim. 200 - 300 EUR

FRANCISCO BARÓN MOLINA (Madrid, 1931 - 2006). "Head". Patinated bronze, specimen 20/25. Painted plaster base. Signed and numbered on one side. Measurements: 5 x 8 x 6,5 cm (sculpture); 4,5 x 5 x 3,5 cm (pedestal). Mainly sculptor, although he also tackled painting, Francisco Baron began his training at the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he had as teachers Laviada and Ortells, and later expanded it in London and New York thanks to various scholarships. In 1960 and 1961 he was awarded the first prize at the New England Art Festival, and in 1965, two years after returning to Spain for good, he participated in the New York International Art Fair and obtained a grant from the March Foundation. That same year he held his first solo exhibition at the Neblí Gallery in Madrid. Throughout his career Baron showed his work throughout Spain, as well as in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Africa, and was awarded the Valladolid Sculpture Prize (1983), the Art and Culture Prize of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid (1965), the gold medal at the Exhibition of Mini-Paintings at the Círculo 2 gallery in Madrid and the Mojácar Prize. He is currently represented in the Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares, among other public and private collections.

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View of Forest, Juan Espina y Capo (Torrejón de Velasco, Madrid, 1848 - Madrid, 1933), 19th century Spanish school Oil on canvas. Canvas measurements: 60 x 39 cm, framed measurements: 73 x 53 cm. Spanish painter and engraver, specialized in the landscape genre. He was an academic at the Royal Fine Arts of San Fernando, delegate of Spain at the International Exhibitions of Berlin (1866), Vienna (1892) and Chicago (1893), representative of Spain at the Exhibitions of Sweden and Norway (1890), founder of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Madrid, of which he was secretary and honorary member, pioneer and organizer of the first Autumn Salon in the capital and the Spanish Art Contest in Saint Petersburg. He began his training in Madrid until 1863 when he moved to Paris, where he came into contact with the new Gallic pictorial currents. Upon his return to Madrid, he continued his studies at the Special School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, where he became a disciple of the landscape painter Carlos de Haes. In 1872 he went to Rome as a pensioner, where he remained for three years, after which he returned to Paris. He traveled through Europe and North Africa. He sent his works to numerous exhibitions, at the National Fine Arts, he obtained a third medal in 1881 for the canvas Landscapes and two second medals in the editions of 1884 and 1895, for the works titled La afternoon and La afternoon en El Pardo, respectively. He was laureate in the engraving section with a second medal in 1906 and 1908 and with the highest award in 1926. Bibliography: Vega, Jesusa, Catalog of prints, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1992, pp. 36-39. He traveled through Europe and North Africa. He submitted his works to numerous exhibitions, at the National Fine Arts Awards, he obtained a third medal in 1881 for the canvas Landscapes and two second medals in the editions of 1884 and 1895, for the works titled The Afternoon and The Afternoon in El Pardo, respectively. He was laureate ...

Estim. 250 - 500 EUR

Gadi Fraiman (b.1958) - Marble Sculpture. Gadi Fraiman (b.1958) - Marble Sculpture. Signed. Height: 35cm. Base: 50x30cm. 55kg. Gadi Freeman is an Israeli sculptor. He is known for sculpting works of art in stone and bronze, embodying movement through energetic and flowing lines. Freiman was born in Lodz, Poland, the second child of Yitzchak, a Holocaust survivor, and Lana Freiman. When they immigrated to Israel in 1966, they lived in Kfar Saba. In his adulthood he was sent to be educated at the Hadassa Naorim Youth Village and after his release from the IDF in 1982, he moved to live in Kibbutz Mishmar David together with his wife, and began to engage in agriculture as a vineyard farmer and at the same time began to develop his hobby of sculpting. He created the first stone work in an abandoned warehouse in Kibbutz Mishmar David (in 1982) and in 1995 he built a studio where he creates and exhibits his works to this day. The studio is located on a hill in the Judean lowlands overlooking Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea and attracts many visitors from all over the country and the world. His works are characterized by energetic and flowing lines and his sculptures create a sense of movement. They reflect a sense of melody alongside a long and continuous process and the raw materials are imported by Freeman from around the world including South Africa, Italy and Israel. After several years of sculpting in stone, Freeman began sculpting in bronze as well. This addition opened up new creative possibilities for him such as color combinations, textures and more.

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