Lot n° 18
Estimation :
100 - 200
EUR
Ben Art, TOGO. - Lot 18
Ben Art, TOGO.
Sign for a hairdressing salon.
Wooden panel painted with nine choices of women's hairstyles.
Size: 54 x 44 cm.
Provenance: Succession Monsieur B, Tours.
Note "Hairdresser signs are certainly one of the most authentic urban survivals of traditional African art. They describe the "being" of the contemporary in the same way that masks and hairstyles expressed the ancestral soul. On the bangs of official trends, the panels are a sensitive reflection of socio-cultural change, translating the profound aspirations of populations in the throes of change".
Literature: "Ici bon coiffeur", hairdresser signs in Africa. LERAT/SEISER.
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