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A Luba Bust of a Figure, "kabeja" (African Art)

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A Luba Bust of a Figure, "kabeja" (African Art)

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Description

Büste einer Janus-Figur, "kabeja"
Hemba / Luba, DR Kongo
Mit Sockel / with base
Holz. H 19 cm.

Provenienz:
- Sammlung Peter Stettler (1939-1998) und Erica Stettler-Schnell (geb. 1940).
- Galerie Walu, Basel.

Kabeja genannte Kultfigur aus dem Besitz eines Notabeln.

Die elegante zweigeschlechtliche Janusfigur wurde rituell als materialisierte Schnittstelle zwischen diesseitigen und übernatürlichen Kräften eingesetzt, um z.B. positives zu fördern und negatives abzuwenden.

Weiterführende Literatur:
Neyt, François (1977). La grande statuaire Hemba du Zaire. Louvain-la-Neuve: Institut supérieur d’archéologie et d’histoire de l’art.

Die Sammlung aussereuropäischer Kunst von Peter Stettler und Erica Stettler-Schnell umfasste ca. 500 Objekte mit den Schwerpunkten Kleinbronzen, Daumeklaviere und Textilien, die Sie hauptsächlich in der Schweiz und in Paris erworben haben.

Auszug aus dem "Jahrbuch z'Rieche" (zrieche.ch), Autorin: Dorothea Christ. "Peter Stettler und Erica Stettler-Schnell." Sie sind während ihrer Ausbildungszeit an der Allgemeinen Gewerbeschule Basel (heute «Schule für Gestaltung») nicht nur beide Schüler des Riehener Künstlers Gustav Stettler gewesen, sondern mit diesem auch zu einer Familie zusammengewachsen: Peter Stettler (geboren 1939), der Sohn, und Erica Schnell (geboren 1940), die Schwiegertochter. Beide sind sie stolz darauf, Schüler von Walter Bodmer, Martin Christ und Gustav Stettler gewesen zu sein, die sie als ausserordentlich anregende Lehrer empfanden, und sie stehen auch in aller Selbstverständlichkeit dazu, dass sich in ihren frühen Werken der Einfluss der Lehrer deutlich bemerkbar macht. Warum soll man übersehen oder gar negieren, dass man in einer Tradition steht? .... Besonders fruchtbar auf dem Weg zur Eigenständigkeit waren die Monate im Basler Atelier der Cité des Arts in Paris, wo Stettler und seine Frau 1967 arbeiten konnten. Kontinuierlich hat Peter Stettler die technische Beherrschung seiner Mittel in Malerei und Graphik entwickelt.

CHF 400 / 800
EUR 344 / 688

Condition

One face is completely missing (see photos).

Ein Gesicht fehlt vollständig (siehe Fotos).

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A Luba Bust of a Figure, "kabeja" (African Art)

Name: A Luba Bust of a Figure, \"kabeja\" (African Art)
SKU: 103637571
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