Galerie Franck Marcelin

About...

After studying art history and working as a curator at the Musée de la Marine in Paris, Franck Marcelin opened his gallery in Aix-en-Provence in 1981. Specialized in the art of the Pacific, curator of exhibitions on the art of Oceania, he is a member of the National Federation of Professional Art Experts and the European Confederation of Art Experts.

Thematic exhibition

Les objets du Grand Nord

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal:
22 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris

70 Chemin du Moulin
13510 Eguilles

Tel: (+33)(0)6 0723 3360
franckmarcelin@sfr.fr
www.franckmarcelin.com

Face mask

British Columbia, Canada

Maple wood, abalone mother-of-pearl, blue, black and red pigments
Dimensions : 17.5 x 15.5 cm
Partially visible inventory number "W...13 C." stamped in ink on the back.
Presumed period: Circa 1870
Probably Heiltsuk (Bella Bella) or Haisla

Provenance
Collected by Georges Smitherman during his stay in Victoria, British Columbia between 1920 and 1922.
By descent kept in the family (UK)

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal:
22 rue de Seine, 75006 Paris

70 Chemin du Moulin
13510 Eguilles

Tel: (+33)(0)6 0723 3360
franckmarcelin@sfr.fr
www.franckmarcelin.com