Christophe Rolley Gallery

NKISI STATUE

DR CONGO | Kongo/Yombe people

Wood, glass
Height: 31.2 cm – 12.28 in
Provenance: Peter Pollack Collection, New York, before 1969
Pace Primitive Gallery, New York, 1997
American private collection, acquired in 1997
Publication: Reproduced in “Understanding Primitive Art”, Peter Pollack, The Lion Press, NY, USA, 1969

Art historian Christophe Rolley has been passionately collecting ancient African and Oceanic art since 1986, when he began his studies at the Sorbonne in Paris. A dealer since 2002, his gallery is now located near the center of Paris. Intimate and welcoming, it offers a genuine encounter with Tribal Art in its own unique setting. The objects are carefully selected based on their artistic merit, age, rarity, and provenance, as well as his discerning eye as a collector. Christophe Rolley is a certified expert with the European Chamber of Experts-Consultants in Works of Art (CECOA). He has exhibited at the Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam, the Bourgogne Tribal Show, and the Brussels Art Fair Civilisations, and organizes an annual exhibition of selected works in his gallery.

13 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris
Tel: +33 (0)6 80 15 42 02
c.rolley@free.fr