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Coppia

17th–late 18th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 344
Realizzata come elemento ornamentale per un monumento all’aperto a sé stante, questa coppia è tra i più eccellenti prodotti artistici di una regione in cui convergono le tradizioni estetiche di Africa e Oceano Indiano. L’idea del rapporto di fondamentale complementarità tra uomo e donna, qui raffigurata con estrema eloquenza, è un tema importante nella vita spirituale del Madagascar. La forza pacata e l’equilibrio simmetrico di quest’opera ne fanno un raro esempio di scultura dell’Africa sudorientale che ha influenzato l’arte occidentale. Conosciuta a Parigi agli inizi del Novecento, entrò a far parte della collezione dello scultore inglese Sir Jacob Epstein intorno al 1922-23.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titolo: Coppia
  • Data: XVII-fine del XVIII secolo
  • Area geografica: Madagascar, regione di Menabe
  • Cultura: Popolazioni Sakalava
  • Materiale e tecnica: Legno, pigmento
  • Dimensioni: Alt. 99,1 cm
  • Crediti: Acquistato, donazioni di Lila Acheson Wallace, Daniel e Marian Malcolm e James J. Ross, 2001
  • Numero d'inventario: 2001.408
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing

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