Elemento de escultura de uma montagem relicária

Fang-Betsi artist

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Esta é a mais monumental das esculturas independentes de cabeça de que se tem conhecimento criadas por mestres fang da África equatorial durante o século XIX. Esta obra se relaciona com uma tradição em que as esculturas figurativas dos fundadores da linhagem eram colocadas sobre altares familiares portáteis contendo relíquias preciosas. Depois de ter perdido esse contexto no início do século XX, esta estátua se tornou fonte de inspiração para artistas ocidentais. Adquirida pelo poeta chileno Vicente Huidobro pouco depois da sua chegada a Paris em 1918, talvez o tenha inspirado a escrever o poema “Equatorial”, dedicado a Picasso.

Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi

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Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi
Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi
Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi
Sculptural Bust from a Reliquary Ensemble (The Great Bieri), Fang-Betsi artist, Wood, copper alloy, palm oil, Fang-Betsi

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