
MARK EGLINTON

Based in New York, Mark Eglinton has a well developed eye for exceptional pieces. Made up of ritually important objects, his collection shares bold modernist structure and excellent provenances.
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Dogon


Dogon
Mali
Inland west
Figure
Dog
Wood and libation materials
31cm
Private collection, France 1984
Rudolf and Leonore Blum collection, Zurich-Zumikon, Switzerland, 1984-2014
Seward Kennedy (1925-2015) collection, London, UK
Published: Bacquart (Jean-Baptiste), “The Tribal Arts of Africa”, London: Thames and Hudson
“L’Art tribal d’Afrique Noire”, Paris: Editions Assouline, 1998.61, #10
Sotheby’s, London, 25 June 1984, Lot 266
Christies, Paris, Art African: OEuvers provenant de la Collection de Rudolf et Leonore Blum”, 19 June 2014, Lot 2.




Baule
Ivory Coast
Goli kple kple
Zoomorphic
Wood and natural pigments
50cm
Private collection, France
Ex Marceau Riviere collection, Paris
Baule





Bamana
Bamana
Mali
Boli
Zoomorphic
Altar figure
Wood, plant fiber and fetish materials
53cm
34.6lbs
Private collection, USA
Ex Merton Simpson gallery, NYC
SOLD





Lega
Lega
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo Kinshasa)
Kivu & Maniema, eastern Congo
Elephant
Zoomorphic
Bwami Society
9cm
Ex Michael Rhodes, NYC
Ex Ernst Anspach, NYC
Not For Sale



Photo: Courtesy of Tervuren, 1966
Example at the Africa-Tervuren Museum Brussels, Belgium XII, 1966:94


Bwa
Burkina Faso
Plankmask
Nwantanty
82cm
Ex Thomas G.B. Wheelock, NY
Ex Alain Dufour, Saint-Maur, France
Published: Masques du Burkina Faso, 1995, plate #36
Bwa





Bembe

Bembe
Congo(Kinshasa)
Kivu region, eastern Congo
Helmet mask
echawokaba
Janus
Wood and pigments
H 49.3cm
Alunga society
Provenance:
Private collection, USA
Pace Primitive, NYC (2008)
Stewart Warkow collection, NYC
Alfred Scheinberg, NYC
Publications:
Publication(s): Expo cat.: "Animals in African Art. From the Familiar to the Marvelous", by Robberts (Allen F.), New York: The Museum for African Art, 1995:163, #112
Invitation-card: "Masks of Africa", New York: Pace Primitive, 8 April-10 May 2008
Exhibition(s): New York, USA: "Animals in African Art: From the Familiar to the Marvelous", The Museum for African Art, 31 March-31 December 1995
New York, USA: "Masks of Africa", Pace Primitive, 8 April-10 May 2008
Yale archive: 0090581~01










