About...

Art historian, Christophe Rolley is collecting with passion ancient arts from Africa and Oceania since 1986, since his graduate studies at the Sorbonne in Paris.
Dealer since 2002, his gallery is now settled close to Paris downtown. Intimate and friendly, this venue provides a real encounter with Tribal Arts in his home environment. Objects are carefully selected regarding their artistic interest, age, their rarity and provenance, as well as his collector's eye.

Christophe Rolley is a certified expert of the European Chamber of Expert-Advisors in Fine Art (C.E.C.O.A.)
He takes part at the Bourgogne Tribal Show and the Tribal Art Fair Amsterdam, as well as a an event each year with selected works in his gallery.

Thematic exhibition 

Terres Tropiques

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal :
13 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris

Fine and Selected Tribal Arts
92220 Bagneux – France
By appointment only
Tél : +33 6 80 15 42 02
www.instagram.com/christophe_rolley

Senufo mask "kpélié"

IVORY COAST

Wood, natural pigments, brass nails
H : 30,5 cm
Presumed time period: 19th century - early 20th century
Provenance:
Private collection, France

Songye "Nkishi" statuette

Democratic Republic of Congo

Wood
H : 21,5 cm
Presumed time period: 19th century - early 20th century
Provenance:
Lucien Van de Velde, Antwerp, Belgium
Philippe Ratton, Paris
Private collection, Paris

Publication and exhibition:
“Magie Noire”, Paris, Galerie Ratton-Hourdé, 2009

Iatmul anthropomorphic hook

Middle Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea

Wood, traces of Neolithic tools
H : 52 cm
Presumed time period: 19th century
Provenance:
Serge Brignoni Collection, Bern, Switzerland
Alfons Keller Collection, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal :
13 rue Mazarine, 75006 Paris

Fine and Selected Tribal Arts
92220 Bagneux – France
By appointment only
Tél : +33 6 80 15 42 02
www.instagram.com/christophe_rolley