Lot 23
** A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this artwork will be donated to the Anthony Quinn Foundation, whose mission is to advocate for the important role arts education plays in personal development and in the overall improvement of social, economic and cultural systems. Learn more at aqfoundation.org **
Oceania, Papua New Guinea, East Sepik Province, Abelam peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. An abstract anthropomorphic mask of a sizable form that is hand-carved from light brown wood and painted with pigment in a myriad of vibrant colors. Presented in hues of red, white, yellow, and black, the grand vizard features a pair of red-painted eyes beneath semicircular brows, a slender nose with white-painted nostrils, black lips surrounded by a white ring, and red nasolabial folds decorated with white spots. The black and white forehead traces up to form the protruding, halo-like coiffure, and atop the head is a central cone flanked by a pair of tall, petaloid ears. The thick tang beneath the face suggests that this mask was held during celebrations of the yam harvest and was displayed by dancers. Sometimes these masks were considered too powerful and were discarded in the jungle after the ceremonies! Size: 12" W x 30.875" H (30.5 cm x 78.4 cm); 32.875" H (83.5 cm) on included custom stand.
Published in "Anthony Quinn's Eye: A Lifetime of Creating and Collecting Art" by Donald Kuspit, Jay Parini, and Tom Roberts (Bristol, Rhode Island: Bristol House Press, 2004), page 41.
Provenance: ex-private collection of actor Anthony Quinn and his wife Katherine, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA acquired prior to 2000
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#169209
- Condition: Nicks and abrasions to face, peripheries, and verso, with fading to pigment in scattered areas, extensive but inactive insect damage, and several stable fissures, otherwise intact and very good. Great patina to exposed wooden areas and nice remains of pigment throughout. Drilled through bottom of tang for insertion of wooden dowel for display purposes.
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