Figure Chamba
African Art of the Benue Valley Nigeria
This particularly slender statue was collected in a village called Tim Dyési, near Dalami, in the plain between the Alantika and Shibeshi mountains. Designed to be fixed in an iron support, the statue has obviously undergone the use of rituals and time. The total abstraction of anatomical detail, however, makes identification difficult, but the high flat hairstyle allows us to say that it is a female statue, while the male statues have a sagittal crest.
Born in Parma in 1937, Franco Maria Ricci belongs to a family of aristocrats of Genoese origin. In 1963, he created a graphic workshop where he published posters, calendars and catalogues, an activity he would maintain until the end of his life with his wife and his team. Fascinated by typography, he collected everything related to Giambattista Bodoni, creator of a typeface and author of the Manuale tipografico (1818), which Franco Maria Ricci republished. "This is the only character that Napoleon wanted to see during his visit to Parma", Franco Maria Ricci explained to Anne Pons in an interview for L'Express. For the French, Franco Maria Ricci's name is essentially linked to the FMR magazine that he edited in French in the years 1980-2000, but this cultured Italian was also a graphic designer, bibliophile and huge collector. He died on 10 September 2020 at the age of 82.
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Data sheet
- Presumed dating
- Mid XXth century
- Size
- 32 cm
- Ethnic group
- Material(s)
- Wood
- Country
- Origin
- Franco Maria Ricci, Italy
- Stand
- Included
- Condition
- Excellent
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African Art of the Benue Valley Nigeria
This particularly slender statue was collected in a village called Tim Dyési, near Dalami, in the plain between the Alantika and Shibeshi mountains. Designed to be fixed in an iron support, the statue has obviously undergone the use of rituals and time. The total abstraction of anatomical detail, however, makes identification difficult, but the high flat hairstyle allows us to say that it is a female statue, while the male statues have a sagittal crest.
Born in Parma in 1937, Franco Maria Ricci belongs to a family of aristocrats of Genoese origin. In 1963, he created a graphic workshop where he published posters, calendars and catalogues, an activity he would maintain until the end of his life with his wife and his team. Fascinated by typography, he collected everything related to Giambattista Bodoni, creator of a typeface and author of the Manuale tipografico (1818), which Franco Maria Ricci republished. "This is the only character that Napoleon wanted to see during his visit to Parma", Franco Maria Ricci explained to Anne Pons in an interview for L'Express. For the French, Franco Maria Ricci's name is essentially linked to the FMR magazine that he edited in French in the years 1980-2000, but this cultured Italian was also a graphic designer, bibliophile and huge collector. He died on 10 September 2020 at the age of 82.