About...

Jo De Buck is a well-known art dealer, based in the Sablon district of Brussels since 1996.

For more than 20 years, he has participated in numerous art fairs such as Parcours des mondes (Paris), BRUNEAF (Brussels), and San Francisco Tribal and Textile Art Show (San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York).

His publications on the Emile Lejeune collection and the heritage of Hendrik Elias are recognized as references in their field.

Thematic exhibition 

About twenty Yoruba works from Nigeria selected by Jo de Buck for this 10th edition of Paris Tribal.

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal :
11 rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris

Rue des Minimes, 43
1000 Brussels, Belgium
jdbtribalarts@gmail.com
www.jodebuck.com
Tel: +32 475 84 17 29

Ibedji twin figure

Nigeria

Yoruba
Height: 25cm
late 19th early 20th century
collected in situ in the 1960s
Ex-collection Jan Dessers, Hasselt, Belgium
Photo © Frederic Dehaen

old mask Egungun

Nigeria

Yoruba
End of the 19th – beginning of the 20th century
Height: 54cm
Provenance:
Ex James B. Byrnes collection, Los Angeles (1917-2011), curator of a modern art museum
Photo © Frederic Dehaen

ram's head

Benin Nigeria

Owo Yoruba
18th or 19th century
Height: 36 cm
Provenance:
Ex Jacques Kerchache collection, Paris (1942-2001)

Contact

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal :
11 rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris

Rue des Minimes, 43
1000 Brussels, Belgium
jdbtribalarts@gmail.com
www.jodebuck.com
Tel: +32 475 84 17 29