Auction on
22 November 2022 - 14:00 (CET) -
Salle 1 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
Sculptures from Madagascar rarely appear in African and Oceanic art sales. This one illustrated a magnificent pas de deux.
Madagascar, Sakalava or Vezo. a pair of wrestlers, wood, h. 72 cm/28.3 in. Result: €71,500
Madagascar, Sakalava or Vezo. a pair of wrestlers, wood, h. 72 cm/28.3 in. Result: €71,500
This wooden sculpture from the Sakalava or Vezo people of Madagascar once belonged to Jacques Kerchache—a highly respectable pedigree—and fetched €71,500. The figures wearing a salaka , a kind of protective jockstrap used especially…
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