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THBFrédéric Bruly Bouabré (Ivorian 1923-2014), Collection of 33 Drawings, Colored pencil and ink on card
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- Lot Description
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré
(Ivorian 1923-2014)
Collection of 33 Drawings
Colored pencil and ink on card
Each drawing: Signed and dated verso, inscription along outer edges
Each drawing: Approximately 7" x 4 1/2" actual
Bouabré’s work depicts scenes and symbols of the daily life, folklore, mythology, and spirituality of the Bété people. The Bété are a group that comprise 93 subgroups throughout Côte d’Ivoire. Each card in this lot is bordered by text describing the scene within. Please find transcriptions of the text with English translations below.
20-6-2000: "Antique art africain: homme brave chef Guerrier au visage scarifié vu dans la belle cité"
“Ancient African art: Brave war leader with scarified face, seen in the beautiful city”20-6-2000: "Antique art africain: homme noir de beauté au visage scarifié vu seduisant son épouse du regard"
“Ancient African art: Black man of beauty with scarified face seen seducing his spouse with a look”20-6-2000: "Antique art africain" "Bruly et les scarifications"
“Ancient African art” “Bruly and the scarifications”20-6-2000: "Antique art africain: homme au visage scarifié vu dans la belle cité ici: les hommes se decouvrent en beauté"
“Ancient African Art: man with scarified face seen here in the beautiful city: the men discover themselves in beauty”22-6-2000: "Antique art africain: Homme haut dignitaire au visage scarifié ici regardant l’humanité avec grand-amour"
“Ancient African art: man of high rank with scarified face looking at humanity with great love”22-6-2000: "Antique art africain: Homme noir de beauté portant au visage les marques d’une divine scarification"
“Ancient African art: Black man of beauty carrying marks of divine scarification on his face”22-6-2000: "Antique art africain" "Homme au visage scarifié"
“Ancient African art” “Man with scarified face”22-6-2000: "Antique art africain: homme noir souriant aux femmes dans la cité ici est vu le visage scarifié"
“Ancient African art: Black man smiling at women in the city, seen here with scarified face”15-3-2008: "Je suis “Toukouzi”" "La beauté c’est moi"
“I am ‘Toukouzi’” “Beauty is me”15-3-2008: "Gicklet: ne me regarde>> <
“Gicklet: Do not look at me” “Not too many eyes”15-3-2008: "La baigneuse nue" "vue de dos"
“Nude bather” “Seen from the back”15-3-2008: "Nina-Niwounou" "Femme de sublime beauté"
“Nina Niwounou” “Woman of sublime beauty”15-3-2008: "Art divin d’une sublime tache de peinture figure ici un celeste homme vu en voyage dessin divin pris sur orange"
“Divine art of a sublime spot of paint depicted here a celestial man seen on a divine journey of drawing taken on an orange”10-5-2008: "Mythologie bété: “Zré” Homme diable cornu au visage double, fantôme inventé par Bruly"
“Bété mythology: “Zré” Horned devilish man with a double face, phantom invented by Bruly”10-5-2008: "Art divin pris sur peau d’orange jaunie par maturité figure ici une femme au foyer vu avec son fils"
“Divine art taken on the skin of an orange yellowed with ripeness, depicted here a woman at the fireplace seen with her son”13-5-2008: "Vu dans sa belle cité patrie un homme blanc citoyen du monde vu offrant son pagne á l’humanité"
“Seen in his beautiful home city a white man, citizen of the world, seen offering his pagne to humanity”16-5-2008: "Le Coeur le principe de la vie: ici un charitable homme au Coeur de la brillance"
“The heart, the principle of life: here a charitable man with a heart of brilliance”16-5-2008: "J’ai dessiné ce corps des femme de beauté jaunie portant “Oi” en scarification: l’art c’est le beau"
“I drew this beautiful yellowed woman’s body carrying “oi” in scarification: Art is beautiful”18-6-2008: "Art de civilisation bété: “Sessrê” sort de lit, natte conçue en “GBUI” des chaînes de bois trés lourds"
“Art of the Bété civilization: “Sessrê” gets out of bed, braids designed as “GBUI” with very heavy wooden chains”27-6-2008: "T’agro deassa: La sublime beauté vue dans sa belle cité village ici dé’ta chant “GBA” Le fagot de bois"
"T'agro deassa: The sublime beauty seen in her beautiful village sings "GBA" (letter of the Bété alphabet), A bundle of wood"27-6-2008: "J’ai mâché une noix de cola et j’ai versé son jus sur papier et le dessin est né ici un bel homme noir"
“I chewed a kolanut and I spit its juice on paper and the drawing was born here, a beautiful black man”27-6-2008: "Homme rouge habillé d’un pagne blanc vu ici se reposant sur “Lokui” pagne traditionnel bété"
“Red man dressed in a white pagne seen here leaning on “Lokui” traditional Bété pagne”27-6-2008: "A: Cri de chasse ici une jeune fille de beauté vue chassant mouton mangeant banane"
“Hunting Cry here a young girl of beauty is seen hunting a sheep eating banana”27-6-2008: "Femme verte aux seins de beauté ici est vue dans la belle regardant “beu”: une bassine"
“Green woman with beautiful breasts is seen here beautifully gazing at “beu”: a basin”21-7-2008: "Une divine et sublime tâche de peinture figure ici une fille de beauté vue lavant “Lokui” un pagne"
“A divine and sublime spot of paint depicted here is a girl of beauty seen washing “Lokui”, a pagne”21-7-2008: "Homme de beauté en âge de se marier ici les yeux fermés portant la main sur tête vu dans la belle cite"
“Man of beauty at the age of marriage, here with eyes closed carrying his hand on his head, seen in the beautiful city”21-7-2008: "Sublime tache de peinture relevée sur peau d’orange jaunie figure ici homme coupant des palmes"
“Sublime spot of paint raised on the skin of a yellowed orange peel depicted here cutting palm fronds”21-7-2008: "Sroulou mahi la beauté sublime vue assise à la case-maison de sa belle cité"
“Sroulou mahi the sublime beauty seen seated at the case-maison of his beautiful city”21-7-2008: "Homme noir de beauté vu portant sur tête un sac de noix á cola ici se rendant à la ville"
“Black man of beauty seen carrying a bag of kolanuts on his head returning to the city”21-7-2008: "Homme vu habillé en pagne grôkô ici piètinant une terre de boue pour en faire des pates"
“Man seen in grôkô pagne here trampling on a ground of mud to make a dough”21-7-2008: "Kie Dogbo: Homme haut dignitaire vu taillant son regime de palme de graine ici est assis dans la cité"
“Kie Dogbo: High dignitary seen pruning a bunch of palm grains is seated here in the city”21-7-2008: "Homme de beauté en áge de se marier ici est vu courtisant des yeux les aimant d’arts"
“Man of beauty at the age of marriage is seen here wooing the art lovers”21-7-2008: "Une femme citoyenne de la cité patrie village de Djeteguhé vue portant son enfant"
“A Woman citizen of the home city of Djeteguhé seen carrying her child” - Provenance
From the Artist to Private Collection Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
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