Galerie Tao Kerefoff

Shamaye

Gabon

Height: 37.5 (cm)
Medium: Wood, bone, Copper alloy
Provenance:
Galerie Alain de Monbrison, Paris, France
Collection Patrick & Beatrice Caput, Paris, France.
Acquired before 1989, until 2022

Publication(s):
– Expo cat.: ‘Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the
Central African Reliquary’, edited by Alisa LaGamma, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2007:223. #58
Neyt (François),
– ‘Fleuve Congo. Arts d’Afrique centrale*, Paris: Musée du quai Branly/Mercator, 2010:183, #120
– Expo cat.: ‘Kota Ancêtres/Ancestors”, text by Louis Perrois, Paris: Galerie Dulon, 2011:33, cat.4
– Caput (Patrick) & Valentine Plisnier, “Arts d’Afrique. Portraits d’une Collection”, Milan: 5 Continents, 2016:54-55
– Expo cat.: “Les Forêts natales, Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique, Paris: Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 2017:90, #149

Exhibition(s):
– New York, USA: ‘Eternal Ancestors. The Art of the Central African Reliquary’. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2 October 2007-2 March 2008
– Paris, France: ‘Fleuve Congo. Arts d’Afrique centrale*, Musée du quai Branly, 22 June-3 October 2010
– New York, USA: “Kota Ancêtres/Ancestors’, Barry Friedman & Robert Vallois Gallery, May 2011
– Paris, France: ‘Kota Ancêtres/Ancestors’, Galerie Dulon, September 2011
– Paris, France: ‘Les Forêts natales, Arts d’Afrique équatoriale atlantique”. Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, 3 October 2017-21 January 2018

2008 : Opening of the Tao Kerefoff Gallery at the Vernaison market in the heart of the Saint-Ouen flea market.
2012: Opening of the Citadella Gallery at 40 rue Mazarine, in Saint Germain des Prés, Paris. 2013 : Member of Tribal Art Society and first participation in Bruneaf
2014: Donation of an anthropomorphic flute Bamileke /Komau Metropolitan Museum of New York
2015 : Launch of Elite Art Consulting Advising & international brokerage.
2016: Mission to research, identify, negotiate and repatriate missing works from the museum in Dundo, Angola
2017 : Admission to the National Company of Experts
Loan of a Punu mask to the Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac for the exhibition "Les Forêts Natales
2018 : Training UNIVERSITE PANTHEON ASSAS PARIS II Law and Techniques of the Expertise of works of art
2019 : Loan of an imposing representation of Calao Senufo displayed in the window of the Yves Saint Laurent boutique. In partnership with the Lucas Ratton gallery.

Exhibition address during Paris Tribal :
8 bis rue Jacques Callot, 75006 Paris

Tél : +33 6 44 66 00 31
www.taokerefoff.com
tao.kerefoff@gmail.com