Statue, Baulé, Côte d'Ivoire

Philippe Guimiot, Bruxelles
collects ion privée

Good condition overall; wear consistent with age and use within the culture. Crack to the proper right hand side of the head, a filled crack to the front and a thin crack to the proper right leg, both visible in the catalogue illustration. An open crack to the proper right side of the base. Lightly encrusted brown patina.
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Avec une sensibilité absolue, cette statuette masculine incarne l'idéal de beauté Baulé. A la permanence de l'image répond avec une émouvante personnalité le talent individuel de l'artiste. L'équilibre - posé comme fondement de l'esthétique Baulé - tient ici de l'imperceptible exagération de la base et des pieds qui en émergent, de la souplesse de la pose, de la fermeté des galbes, de la majesté de la coiffe et de l'infinie délicatesse des détails anatomiques et des parures tégumentaires. La force induite par la tension des lignes est accentuée par la richesse de la patine, permettant selon toute vraisemblance de l'identifier comme la représentation d'un génie de la brousse (asie usu), sculpté sous la forme d'un bel humain.