Important caryatid drum - Lot 45

Important caryatid drum Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo Wood with dark patina and wear 19th century H. 76 cm Provenance: - Collected by Lieutenant Willy-Eugène Claes, Antwerp, between 1903 and 1918 - Collection of Baron Rolin (1919-2001), Brussels - Christie's, Amsterdam. "African and Oceanic Art from the Estate of the late Baron Freddy Rolin", July 2, 2002, no. 296 Publications : - Notre vieux Congo, 1891-1917. Souvenirs du premier évêque du Congo belge, Namur, 1948, vol. 1, p. 24 - Olbrechts, Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst. Antwerp, 1937, no. 725 - Olbrechts, Plastiek van Kongo, Antwerp. 1946, PI.XIX, fig. 39 - Luba Hemba, New York: F. Rolin & Co. 1979, p. 10, no. 10 - Brincard, Sounding Forms. African Musical Instruments, New York: The American Federation of Arts, 1989, p. 102, n°25 - Neyt. Luba: aux sources du fleuve Zaire, Paris: Musée Dapper, 1993, p. 200 - Petridis, Frans M.Olbrechts 1899-1958 in Search of Art in Africa, Antwerp, 2001, cat.63. - Féminité, Paris, Galerie Leloup, 2003, reproduced on back cover and p. 100-101, no. 48 Exhibitions : - Antwerp, Stadsfeestzaal, Tentoonstelling van Kongo-Kunst, December 24, 1937-January 16, 1938 - New York, Galerie Freddy Rolin, Luba/Hemba, April 20-May 26, 1979 - USA, Sounding Forms: African Musical Instruments, Washington, The National Museum of African Art, April 26-June 18, 1989 - Richmond, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, July 15-September 10 1989 - Kansas City. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, October 7-December 5, 1989 - Paris, Musée National des Arts d'Afrique et d'Océanie, Afrique: formes sonores, January 25-March 20, 1990