YANN FERRANDIN

The gallery Yann Ferrandin is showing ancient tribal works of art from Africa, Oceania, North America and early selected Japanese masks and sculptures. The gallery is participating in many international events (Tefaf Maastricht; Brafa, Brussels; Parcours des Mondes, Paris…).

Located in a prestigious space in the leading area for amateurs of Tribal Arts, Yann Ferrandin is regularly staging eye-opening thematic exhibitions which often lead to the publication of catalogues that soon become reference works.

The gallery works with private international clients and with some of the largest museums in the world.

Masks of this type are exceptionally rare and were the object of ritual libations which caused the multilayered glossy patina on this example.

Provenance

• Robert Rousset (1901-1982) collection, Paris, France. Most probably acquired from Charles Ratton or Paul Guillaume, from whom Robert Rousset seems to have purchased the main objects in his African art collection before the Second World War. Anonymously sold by the heirs in 2016.
• Private Collection, acquired in 2016.