ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile n. 2, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi printed on Japanese paper

printed on Japanese paper

In the foreground

the number 426 and the initials of a collector not recorded by Lugt

In this scene

Perfect impression printed by Fernand Mourlot for the publisher Tériade

ARTE POPOLARE DELL’AFRICA CENTRO-ORIENTALE, Figura maschile n. 2, Fine XX-inizio XXI secolo vasi printed on Japanese paperStatue in carved and pigmented African mahogany from Uganda. The style is inspired by the traditions of the Congolese basin, particularly the Songye and Luba tribes. The geometric and chromatic decorations on the face refer to a symbolic language linked to protection and belonging; these are signs that do not have a unique and codified meaning: they were fluid codes, readable only by initiates, and varied from clan to clan. The circle, for example, is