Unidentified Beembe artist; Republic of Congo, Figure: Female, before 1913, Wood with glass, white pigment, and animal claw, H. x W. x D.: 60.2 x 14 x 11.5 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5119), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 175174.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
27 nov 2012-14 de abril de 2013
Unidentified Baule or Lagoon artist; Cote d’Ivoire (probably Bo nun amuin), Mask for Men’s Association, before 1912, Wood, paint, tacks, L.: 70.1 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5117), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 150800.
O Metropolitan Museum of Art apresenta uma exposição destacando os trabalhos africanos adquiridos pela vanguarda Novaiorkina e seus clientes mais influentes durante a década de 1910 e 1920.
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania, 1876-1957), Sleeping Muse, 1910, Bronze, H. x W. x D.: 17.1 x 24.1 x 15.2 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.225), © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Metropolitan Museum of Art presents an exhibition highlighting the African works acquired by the New York avant-garde and its most influential patrons during the 1910s and 1920s.
Alfred Stieglitz (American 1964-1946), View of the exhibition Statuary in Wood by African Savages: The Root of Modern Art, Detail from Camera Work – A Photographic Quarterly 48 (October 1916), p.66, Printed book with photogravure illustrations, H. x W. x D.: 32 x 22.4 x 1.7 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, by exchange, 1953, (53.701.49), © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
No início do século 20, a valorização dos artefatos africanos no Ocidente mudou dramaticamente de troféus coloniais para ícones modernistas.
Clara E. Sipprell (American, born in Canada, 1885 – 1975), Portrait of Max Weber, ca. 1923, Gelatin silver print, in original exhibition mat, H. x W.: 18.7 x 23.8 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Museum purchase with funds donated by Hope and Charles Hare and Kyle and Thomas Einhorn (2005.301), Photograph © 2012 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Charles Sheeler (American1883-1965), Interior of Arensberg’s Apartment, New York, 1919, Casein silver print, H. x W. 35.56 x 45.72 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 (1950-134-989), © Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Refletindo no dinamismo de Nova York durante os anos que se seguiram ao Armory Show 1913 de Arte Africana , Nova York, e a Vanguarda reúnem a arte Africana das coleções de muitas pessoas-chaves do período, agora dispersas em coleções particulares e institucionais.
Charles Sheeler (American, 1883-1965), 1923 Installation view of Whitney Studio Club exhibition Recent Paintings by Pablo Picasso and Negro Sculpture, Gelatin silver print, H. x W. 18.7 x 23.3 cm, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (93.23.4), Photograph by Robert Gerhardt.
Reflecting on New York's dynamism during the years that followed the 1913 Armory Show, African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde brings together African art from the collections of many key individuals of the period, now dispersed throughout private and institutional collections.
Marjorie Griffiths, Untitled (Ngbaka bow-harp, Kuba camwood-powder container and Kongo clay vessel), c. 1935, Gelatin Silver Print, 24.13 x 19.05 cm, Alain Locke Papers/Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Apresentando mais de 60 obras da África e da vanguarda Ocidental, a exposição evoca o contexto original em que foram experimentadas pela primeira vez e posteriormente há quase um século atrás.
Charles Sheeler (American 1883-1965), John Quinn Album of African Art, 1919, Gelatin silver print; plate 1 from a portfolio of 27, H. x W. 41.12 x 33.81 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Anonymous Lender (L-R 2689.2001), © The Lane Collection. Courtesy, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Showcasing more than 60 works from Africa and the Western avant-garde, the exhibition evokes the original context in which they were first experienced simultaneously nearly a century ago.
Unidentified Kusu or northern Luba artist; Kasongo Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Figure: Male, before 1916, Wood, paint, The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago (1668.143954), © The Field Museum A109423c. Photographer Diane Alexander White.
Os destaques da exposição são 36 esculturas de madeira da África Ocidental e Central, e elas estão apresentadas ao lado de fotografias, esculturas e pinturas de Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Sheeler, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, e Constantin Brancusi.
Malvin Gray Johnson (American, 1896-1934), Negro Masks, 1932, Oil on canvas, H. x W.: 50.8 x 45.72 cm, Hampton University Museum (67.281), Collection of Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA.
Highlights of the exhibition are 36 wood sculptures from West and Central Africa; they will be presented alongside photographs, sculptures, and paintings by Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Sheeler, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, and Constantin Brancusi.
Luba artist, identified as the Master of the Warua or the Master of the Kunda (possibly active 1780- 1810); Luvua Valley Region, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Prestige Stool (Kipona), Late 18th-early 19th century, Wood, glass beads, H. x W. x D.: 42.2 x 23.2 x 21.4 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5121), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 150529.
The Negro in Art Week, November 16-23, 1927, Exhibition catalogue with illustrations by Charles C. Dawson (America 1889- ca. 1980), H.: 23 cm, 48 pages, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, From the Library of Camille and Luther Clark, © Brooklyn Museum Libraries. Special Collections.
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Francis Picabia (French 1879-1953) , Negro Song I, 1913, Watercolor and graphite on paperboard, H. x W. 66.4 x 55.9 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.15), © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Unidentified Fang artist (Betsi group); Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head, Before 1918, Wood, H. 21 cm, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Troyes, France (MNPL 1879), © Carole Bell.
Diego Rivera (Mexican 1886-1957), The Café Terrace, 1915, Oil on canvas, H. x W. 60.6 x 49.5 cm), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.51), © 2012 Banco de México Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Museums Trust, Mexico, D.F. / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Unidentified Ijo artist; Nigeria, Seated Figure: Female, before 1913, Wood, H.: 85.09 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, (AF 5122), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 161410.
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Unidentified Dan or We artist; Cote d’Ivoire, Mask, before 1914, Wood, H.: 24 cm), Musée Dapper, Paris (2825), © Archives Musée Dapper – Photo Hughes Dubois.
Unidentified Bete or We artist, Cote d’Ivoire, Mask for a forest spirit, Before 1914, Wood, H. x. W. x D.: 37.5 x 18.4 x 17.2 cm, Anna Marie and Juan Hamilton, Photograph courtesy of the Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC.
Unidentified Kota artist; Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble,Before 1926, Wood, brass, copper, H. x W. x D.: 56 x 27 x 3 cm, The New York Public Library, Art and Artifacts Division of the Schomburg Collections, (AF.27.001.59), © Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1964-1946), Georgia O’Keeffe, Ca. 1918-19, Palladium print, H. x W.: 11.27 x 8.89 cm, Collection John and Lisa Pritzker, Image courtesy Ruth-Catone, © Georgia O’Keeffe Museum/Artists Rights Society, New York.
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Charles Sheeler (American 1883-1965), African Negro Wood Sculpture, 1918, Gelatin silver print; plate 5 from a portfolio of 20, H. x W. 41.12 x 33.81 cm, James J. Ross, New York.
James Latimer Allen (American 1907-1977), Portrait of James Lesesne Wells,ca. 1930, Gelatin silver print, sepia toned, H. x W.: 22.23 x 15.2 cm, Alain Locke Papers/Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
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James Latimer Allen (American 1907-1977), Portrait of James Lesesne Wells,ca. 1930, Gelatin silver print, sepia toned, H. x W.: 22.23 x 15.2 cm, Alain Locke Papers/Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Unidentified Bete, We or Dan artist, Cote d'Ivoire, Spoon, before 1914, Wood, H. x W. x D.: 18.7 x 5.2 x 4.8 cm, Anna Marie and Juan Hamilton, Photograph courtesy of the Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art, Library, Washington, DC.
Unidentified Songye artist; Democratic Republic of the Congo Mask (Kifwebe), Mask (Kifwebe), before 1918, Wood, pigment, H. x W.: 37.5 x 24.1 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5115), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 150520.
Unidentified Kota artist (Ndassa group); Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble, before 1914, Wood, copper, brass, pigments, H.: 60 cm, Musée Dapper, Paris (0605), © Archives Musée Dapper – Photo Mario Carrieri.
Alfred Stieglitz (American 1964-1946), Georgia O'Keeffe with Matisse Sculpture, 1921, Palladium print, H. x W.: 24.4 x 19.2 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Georgia O'Keeffe, through the generosity of The Georgia O'Keeffe Foundation and Jennifer and Joseph Duke, 1997 (1997.61.64), © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Pablo Picasso (Spanish 1881-1973), Seated Man Reading a Newspaper, 1912, Ink on Paper, H. x W.: 30.8 x 19.69 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.27), © 2012 Estate of Pablo Picasso / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
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Henri Matisse (French, Le Cateau-Cambrésis 1869-1954 Nice), Female Torso, Date: 1906; cast ca. 1908, Bronze (no. 2 of 10), H. x W. x D.: 23.2 x 10.2 x 7.6 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.222), © 2012 Succession H. Matisse / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1964-1946), Marius de Zayas, 1915, Platinum Print, H. x W.: 24.5 x 19.4 cm, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (1949.3.346), Image courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington.
Unidentified Fang artist (Betsi group); Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head, Before 1914, Wood, H.: 23.2 cm, Curtis Galleries, Inc., Image Courtesy Sotheby’s.
Unidentified Kuba artist; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Female Face Mask (Ngady mwaash), Before 1926, Wood, pigment, raffia textile, cowrie shell, H. x W.: 33 x 26 cm, The New York Public Library, Art and Artifacts Division of the Schomburg Collections (AF.27.001.44), © Art and Artifacts Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library.
Unidentified Fang artist (Ntumu group); Equatorial Guinea or Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Figure,before 1916, Wood, oil, H. 58.7 cm), National Museum of African Art Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Gift of
Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation (72-41-3), Photograph by Frank Khoury.
Unidentified Kongo artist; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, or Cabinda Province, Angola, Seated Female Figure with Child (Pfemba), Before 1926, Wood, brass tacks, pigment, H. x W. x D.: 24.8 x 8.6 x 7.6 cm, The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C.,
Museum Purchase (85-15-3), Photograph by Frank Khoury.
Unidentified Fang artist (Betsi group); Lower Ogooué River Valley, Gabon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Head, before 1915, Wood, brass, resin, oil, H. 27 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 (1950-134-202), © Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Unidentified Fang artist (Ngumba group); Lokoundje Valley, southern Cameroon, Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Male Holding Horn, before 1913, Wood, H. 60 cm, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Louise and Walter Arensberg Collection, 1950 (1950-134-200), © Philadelphia Museum of Art.
The Soil vol. 1, no. 5, July 1917, Journal, H.: 26 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library, Rogers Fund, 1917, Image generously made available through Jstor, provided by The Metropolitan Museum, of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library (Rogers Fund, 1917).
Unidentified Baule or Guro artist, Cote d’Ivoire, Portrait Mask, Before 1914, H. x W. x D.: 41. 6 x 16.5 x 11.4 cm, Anna Marie and Juan Hamilton, Photograph courtesy of the Department of Image Collections, National Gallery of Art Library, Washington, DC.
Unidentified Senufo artist; Korhogo region, Cote d’Ivoire, Mask (Kpeliye’e), before 1913, Wood, H. x W. x D.: 33.8 x 18.5 x 9 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF5368), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 175175.
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Unidentified Igbo artist; Nigeria, Maiden Mask (Agbogho mmuo), before 1922, Wood, pigment
H.: 44.4 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5371), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 150519.
Unidentified Fang artist (Ntumu group); Gabon. Sculptural Element from a Reliquary Ensemble: Seated Male Holding Vessel, Before 1914, Wood, brass or copper, H. x W.: 51 x 58 cm, Collection Pierre Amrouche, © Boris Veignant.
Constantin Brancusi (French, born Romania, 1876-1957), Study for the sculpture The First Step, ca. 1913, Wax crayon on paper, H. x W.: 50.8 x 31.1 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.70.25), © 2012 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris.
Unidentified Beembe artist; Republic of Congo, Figure: Female, before 1913, Wood with glass, white pigment, and animal claw, H. x W. x D.: 60.2 x 14 x 11.5 cm, The University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia (AF 5119), Courtesy of the Penn Museum, image # 175174.
Unidentified Kuba artist; Democratic Republic of the Congo, Head-Shaped Cup (Mbwoong ntey), Before 1926, wood, H: 20.6 cm, Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., James K. Pleasant, Photographer.
Alfred Stieglitz (American 1964-1946), Photograph Based on the Picasso-Braque Exhibition at 291 Gallery, New York, 1915, Platinum Print, H. x W.: 19.4 x 24.4 cm, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alfred Stieglitz Collection, 1949 (49.55.36), © The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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