A look at provenance information published by the Barbier-Mueller Museum in 2020.
(Part of the multipart series on the state of provenance research and online publication in Swiss art museums by OAD)
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1. A tour of the website
The Barbier-Mueller Museum divides its collections into four categories:
AFRICA
NORTH AMERICA
ANTIQUITY
SOUTH SEAS
Each category is further divided into subcategories
- ANTIQUITY
- Neolithic Art
- Cycladic Art and Art related to Cyclades Islands
- Middle East, Third Millenium B.C.
- Bronze Age
- Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt
- Italic Art
- Etruscan, Achemenid and Iberian Arts
- Ancient Greek, Hellenistic and Roman Arts
- Indo-Iranians in Persia and Luristan
- Art of The Steppes
- Dong Son Civilization
One can click on a subcategory, for example Arts of New Guinea, and see thumbnail images of the arworks, with links to a large, high quality image and the possibility of learning more about the artwork in "more information.
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| https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/collections/collections/mers-du-sud/arts-de-nouvelle-guinee/ |
We click on the second image, a figure from Melanesia, Indonesia, Papua New Guineau...
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| On the bottom right, in yellow, a link to "More info" https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/collections/collections/mers-du-sud/arts-de-nouvelle-guinee/ |
The "More Info" window contains information about the provenance of the artwork:
korwar
Melanesia
Indonesia. New Guinea, Papua prov., Teluk Cenderawasih, Korwar area, Supiori or Biak Island
Late 19th-early 20th century
Wood and glass beads
H. : 42,5 cm
Collected by Jaques Viot during his Geelvink Bay trip in 1929, later acquired by Josef Mueller from Pierre Loeb in 1938.
INV. 4002-C
There is a provenance text:
"Collected by Jaques Viot during his Geelvink Bay trip in 1929, later acquired by Josef Mueller from Pierre Loeb in 1938."
https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/collections/collections/mers-du-sud/arts-de-nouvelle-guinee/
However, it is necessary to click several times to reach the provenance text. There is no visible uri or permalink to access the artwork information.
2. Museum history: Key people and organisations
- Josef Müller (1887 - 1987) Swiss art collector and museum curator
- Anna Gertrud Dübi-Müller (1888 - 1980), Swiss art collector and photographer, sister of Josef Müller
- Monique Barbier-Mueller ( - 2019) Swiss art collector, daughter of Josef Müller)
- Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller (1930 - 2017) Swiss art collector, husband of Monique Barbier-Mueller, founder of the Barbier-Mueller museum in Geneva
- Gabriel Barbier-Mueller, Swiss and Texan art collector, son of Monique and Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller
- Laurence Mattet, museum director
- Josef Müller Stiftung
- Die Dübi-Müller-Stiftung
- Sothebys Pre-Columbian sale
3. News articles and posts on the history of the Barbier-Meuller collection
Josef Müller - Swiss Historical Lexicon
Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller, museum founder and collector who opposed the return of artefacts to their countries of origin | The Art Newspaper
How Gabriel Barbier-Mueller built an arsenal of art - March 11, 2014, The Dallas Morning News
Red Flags in Paris: Half of Sotheby’s Barbier-Mueller Pre-Colombian Sale Lacks Provenance Posted on March 19, 2013 | Chasing Aphrodite
The collection’s issues: Sotheby’s Paris Barbier-Mueller sale 2
Posted on 4 March 2013 - Anonymous Swiss Collector
Peru claims artifacts in upcoming Sotheby’s auction were “obtained in an illicit manner” – UPDATED WITH SALE RESULTS
World’s Only Samurai Armor Museum Opens Over Restaurant in Dallas Harwood District
Paris Primitive: Jacques Chirac's Museum on the Quai BranlyBy Sally Price
4. State of provenance research at the Barbier-Mueller Museum
(to be continued) |
| https://www.barbier-mueller.ch/historique/ |
5. Google
Results of Google Search on January 15, 2020. Search terms: barbier-mueller provenance
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Description. Provenance, Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England 1760 -1990. Authors: Hermione Waterfield and J. C. H. King. 165 pages, 88 color and ...
Twelve Collectors Ethnographic England 1760-1990 Authors Hermione Waterfield King pages color black white illustrations English edition Published Musée ...
Mar 4, 2013 - So who is behind the Barbier-Mueller collection? ... worth having a look at the provenance of these objects before we start saying such things.
Mar 19, 2013 - According to the official Sotheby's publicity, the works were gathered primarily for aesthetic purposes, though Sotheby's emphasizes, “many possess historic provenance.” In an interview earlier this month, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller described being inspired to add to the collection of his father-in-law, Josef Mueller, ...
Feb 1, 2017 - A thorough check of provenance by Sotheby's debunked rumours of looting, but the damage had been done. Barbier-Mueller did not like to speak of this episode. He was hurt by the end of his dream in Barcelona much more than he cared about the financial loss. He was no friend of Central American governments.
The Barbier-Mueller Museum, founded in 1977, is located at 10 rue Jean-Calvin, in Geneva, Switzerland. Its collection contains over 7,000 pieces and includes ...
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African and Oceanic Art from the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva: A Legacy of ... Provenance: Collected in the village of Kanfrande, by Henri Kamer in 1957; ...
Mar 29, 2013 - Precolumbian Vessel, Sotheby's, Barbier-Mueller Sale Paris. ... several hundred years, is there such a thing as “good provenance” anymore?
Sep 3, 2017 - To celebrate the 40th birthday of the Musée Barbier-Mueller, the Biennale ... He didn't care much about the piece's provenance or function,” ...
Sep 7, 2017 - Monique Barbier-Mueller enjoys relaying how her late husband, the ... fearing unique artefacts would disappear in their countries of origin,” ...
Mar 21, 2013 - Mexico and Guatemala join Peru in claims against Barbier-Mueller ... Sotheby's attempts to gloss over provenance issues with phrases like “this ...
The exhibition Samurai: Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection tells the iconic story of Japanese samurai through 140 objects from one of ...
Jul 30, 2015 - The Samurai Collection of Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller is one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of Japanese samurai armor ...
Mar 23, 2013 - Collection Barbier Mueller,,View auction details, art exhibitions and online catalogues bid, buy and collect contemporary, impressionist or ...
Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection” features the extraordinary artistry of the armor used by samurai—the military elite led by the shoguns ...
Apr 13, 2017 - Founded in 1977, the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva today boasts the world's pre-eminent collection of tribal art in private hands. Among ...
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Jun 6, 2009 - (21 cm) Provenance: Félix Fénéon, Paris, before 1929; Dr. Charles Stéphen- Chauvet, Paris; Morris Pinto, Paris, before 1985; Barbier-Mueller ...
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Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection. Oct 5, 2013 – Jan 12, 2014. Travel back in time and discover remarkable objects that illuminate the ...
Alexander Geurds, Laura Van Broekhoven - 2013 - Social Science
Nonetheless, this material provenance fails to secure authenticity. ... Both the Musée du Quai Branly and Barbier-Mueller examples claim to be from the Ulua ...
by G Bounoure - 2007
Provenance. Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England, 1760–1990 Paris and Geneva: Somogy Éditions d'Art and the Barbier-Mueller Museum, 2006.
Mar 20, 2013 - Protected: Red Flags in Paris: Half of Sotheby's Barbier-Mueller Pre-Colombian Sale Lacks Provenance | CHASING APHRODITE. by admin ...
Jun 14, 2016 - Helmet attributed to Sabariko Koné Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, Switzerland, Inv. 1006-48. H. 39 cm. Reported provenance: Josef ...
Yaka, Democratic Republic of the Congo, circa 1900. Wood, pigments. Height : 65 cm. Provenance : Josef Mueller, Solothurn Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève
Rui Quintela, Lisbon; ex-collection Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, ... Provenance(s): ... Exhibition(s): Ingelheim am Rhein: Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneve.
Garrard describes an elaborate lost-wax cast metal ornament of uncertain provenance now in the Barbier-Mueller Museum (acquired in 1985), but probably a ...
May 15, 2017 - Echoing this spirit of renewal, the Barbier-Mueller exhibition will be ... Originunknown, possibly attributable to the Master of the Metropolitan ...
Posts about provenance written by exhibitioninquisition. ... In March, Sotheby's held an auction in Paris of the Barbier-Mueller collection that was a flop. Gleeful ...
Jun 15, 2016 - The Power of Plausible Provenance'? DY. Donna Yates. Updated 15 June ... Museu Barbier-Mueller. d'Art Precolombí. How do the actions and ...
by D Yates - Related articles
Provenance research may have the side benefit of potentially proving that an antiquity ... In 2012 the Museu Barbier-Mueller d'Art Precolombí, a private museum ...
Mar 22, 2013 - ... researched the provenance of this collection…we are confident in offering these ... Mueller's daughter and son-in-law, Monique and Jean Paul ... The Barbier-MuellerMuseum in Geneva houses African, South Seas and ...
The objects in question are part of what is known as the Barbier-Mueller ... stated that they “thoroughly researched the provenance of this collection and we are ...
André Derain. Bathers. 1907. Oil on canvas. 52" x 6' 4 3/4" (132.1 x 195 cm). William S. Paley and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Funds. 683.1980. © 2019 Artists ...
Sarah Byrne, Anne Clarke, Rodney Harrison - 2011 - Social Science
Somogy Art Publishers, Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva. 2006b W. D. Webster. In Provenance. Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England 1760–1990, ...
Hermione Waterfield, and J. H. C. King, Provenance. Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England, 1760-1990 Somogy-Musée Barbier- Mueller, ...
Maryl B. Gensheimer - 2018 - Art
Geneva, Musée Barbier-Mueller Inv. 204–12. 125. ... It was in these rooms that the majority of the freestanding sculpture (with known provenance) stood; that the ...
May 28, 2015 - Private Collection (Provenance Hans Röthlingshöfer (Bâle) acquired in ... H. 25 cm, Côte d'Ivoire/Kyaman (© Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève.
Mar 23, 2013 - The pre-Columbian artifact is part of the Barbier-Mueller collection to be ... it “ thoroughly researched the provenance of this collection and we ...
... Barbier-Mueller (1549-1630) (French Edition) eBook: Diane Barbier-Mueller: ... retranscris fidèlement – édition, taille, description des reliures et provenance.
The Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva will present Arts de la Côte d'Ivoire, ... many of iconic provenance, which will present rare opportunities for collectors.
Results 31 - 39 of 39 - Provenance: San Lorenzo Cacaotepec, Oaxaca. ... 45; Pre-Columbian Art in the Barbier-Mueller Collection, 1994: plate 58, pages 255 and ...
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whose provenance is firmly documented in the field, I pro- pose to correct the ... Barbier-Mueller mask is similar to the piece at the Mus&e de l'Homme, a ...
One of the curators of the exhibition, Jean Paul Barbier, explained that of the shields selected from the museum's collections, some had a known provenance ...
Mar 21, 2013 - ... scheduled for this weekend, includes items with suspect provenance that ... which features items from the private Barbier-Mueller collection.
Mar 21, 2013 - It also implied that some of the artifacts offered in what is known as the 300-piece Barbier-Mueller Collection of Pre-Colombian Art are fakes or ...
Aug 28, 2019 - See who you know at MUSEE BARBIER-MUELLER, leverage your ... durée des pièces de même provenance géographique ou culturelle.
Provenance: Edward H. Merrin, New York, 1968; The Merrin Gallery, Inc., New York, ... Exhibited: Geneva, Barbier-Mueller Museum, 30 January-24 March 1992, ...
DAN MASK Ivory Coast / Liberia border area. H 23.5 cm. Provenance: Swiss Private Collection, formerly the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, f ..
Heritage Auction Galleries (Dallas, Tex.), Courtney E. Kennedy, Mary Brinker - 2007 - Art
(P. Benitez-Johannot in P. Benitez-Johannot and Jean Paul Barbier. Shields. Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania, from the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. ... Provenance: A New England Arms and Armor Collection TAD Tribal ...
Nov 26, 2018 - For another similar example see: Jean Paul Barbier, Art des Steppes. ... dans les collections du Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva 1996, no. ... Provenance: Pan Asian collection New York; Private collection UK, acquired 1982.
sparse to elaborate) depending on the provenance. The Unir River (northwest Asmat) provenance, apparently provided by the collector of this drum, would not ...
by V Boisvenue - 2015 - Related articles
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Jun 14, 2015 - The mask is thought to still be in the Barbier-Mueller collection, ... of Occam's Razor to hypothetical provenance and provenience claims in illicit ...
Oct 15, 2019 - Superb SONGYE SHIELD SONGE Congo Provenance African ... Arts d'Afrique Noire, dans la collection Barbier Mueller, présenté par Werner ...
Mar 21, 2013 - ... six months, it "thoroughly researched the provenance of this collection and we ... The description says Mueller's son-in-law, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, ... While Sotheby's described Barbier-Mueller as "a great aesthete and ...
Apr 1, 2013 - Sale of pre-Columbian artifacts predominantly from the Barbier-Mueller ... Sotheby's thoroughly researched the provenance of this collection ...
by F Herder - 2016
Jan 29, 2016 - ... The Paul and Dora Janssen-Arts Collection and The Barbier-Mueller ... started to look at them, if they belonged in the country of origin or not.
Mar 21, 2013 - Many of the lots come from the private Barbier-Mueller collection, built by ... that Mexico has raised concerns over the provenance of 51 objects.
by G Bounoure - 2007 - Related articles
Hermione Waterfield, and J. H. C. King, Provenance. Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England, 1760-1990, Somogy-Musée Barbier- Mueller, ...
(English)- Highlights from the Poetic Library Jean-Paul Barbier-Mueller ... books of royal provenance and lavish bindings – the jewels of a unique collection.
Apr 15, 2018 - In her latest catalogue 'Provenance', Dori Rootenberg of Jacaranda ... the twelve collectors that Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller and I had chosen for ...
Provenance. Excavated at Savoonga, St. ... sprl, 2009, pg 41. Arts & Culture, Somogy Editions d'Art in Association with Musees Barbier-Mueller, 2007, pg. 41 ...
Results 1 - 9 of 9 - Provenance: Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England 1760-1990 by ... Published by Geneva: Somogy Art Publishers Barbier-Mueller ...
A guide to Pre-Columbian art by Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller( Book ) 7 editions published between 1997 and 1999 in English and held by 236 WorldCat member ...
Apr 28, 2014 - Preview of Donna Yates' presentation on illicit antiquities for SAA2014: The Power of Plausible Provenance' based on the Barbier Mueller ...
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provenance to be reconstructed. ... allows some new deductions about the provenance of Kawe. ... Beauty in abstraction: The Barbier-Mueller Nukuoro statue.
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Provenance : twelve collectors of ethnographic art in England 1760-1990, RERO ... Sculpture : chefs-d'oeuvre du Musée Barbier-Mueller, National Library of ...
Provenance. Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 14 ... Le profane et le divin, arts de l'Antiquité - Fleurons du musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, 2008, pp. 408-409 and 509-510
Mar 21, 2013 - ... exhibited and published" and that "many possess historic provenance." ... The description says Mueller's son-in-law, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, ... While Sotheby's described Barbier-Mueller as "a great aesthete and man of ...
Provenance. Colette Ghysels, by 1970s; sold to ... Benitz-Johannot, P. and Jean Paul Barbier, “Shields: Africa, Souteast Asia and Oceania from the Collections of the Barbier-MuellerMuseum” (Prestel, New York, 2000), pg. 96-99.; Institute of ...
22 records - Barbier-Mueller, Monique 1. Barjeel Art Foundation 1. Barley ... Les collections Barbier-Mueller : 110 ans de passion. Object Type: Book. Language:.
Mar 21, 2013 - ... exhibited and published" and that "many possess historic provenance." ... The description says Mueller's son-in-law, Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, ... While Sotheby's described Barbier-Mueller as "a great aesthete and man of ...
Oct 19, 2018 - 20th c.; Wood, paint, metal; 65 1/4" x 31 1/4" x 5 1/2"; Provenance: Taylor A. ... Shield, Melanesia, New Guinea Arts, Collections, Barbier-Mueller ...
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Mar 25, 2013 - His son-in-law Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller broadened the collection. ... In a case like this, Mexico and other nations of origin have a limited ...
in Arts et Cultures, Musée Barbier-Mueller, Genève, n° 2, 2001, p. ... facial design of Dongsonian origin: the flat characteristic heart-shaped face with huge round.
Figure 4 the Newby Palette 21 Barbier Mueller Museum 22 Geneva ... Although the place of discovery (provenance) of the Newby Palette in Egypt is not known, ...
Provenance: Belgian missionary clothing collection (Vercruysse coll.) - book from the Barbier-Mueller Museum. Hint: these dresses are beautiful when framed ...
by S Moore - 2013
After his death, his daughter Monique and her husband Jean Paul Barbier ... this --and every other--holding, opening the Musee Barbier-Mueller in Geneva, ... This is the provenance of the ceramic polychrome Venus that is another of the ...
Jan 25, 2016 - Provenance: Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, inv. 1004-95. To learn more about Djenne terracotta figures, see: Scrofulous Sogolon: Scanning ...
NYTimes Review: African and Oceanic Art From the Barbier-Mueller Museum, " Lesson ... Provenance: H. Gibson, England, before 1893; Royal United Services ...
... in Hermione Waterfield and JCH King (eds) Provenance: Twelve Collectors of ... Paris: Musee Barbier-Mueller and Trustees of the British Museum, pp 64-77.
... génies contemporains – Les collections d'art et de design de Thierry Barbier- Mueller ... The Importance of Knowledge of Provenance for the Provenance of ...
Mar 21, 2013 - "The Barbier-Mueller Collection is world-renowned for its remarkable ... Sotheby's thoroughly researched the provenance of this collection and ...
Provenance: ex. ... According to Michael Gunn in Ritual Arts of Oceania, New Ireland: In the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum: "Limestone chalk figure ...
A very similar pair in the Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva is illustrated in ... of ear pendant abound but this pair has the appropriate patina and provenance.
Apr 11, 2013 - The helmets, Barbier-Mueller noted, often included the crests of the ... set of antlers is one example, with its provenance in the late 16th century.
A large number, for example, come from the Barbier-Mueller collection. ... use, meaning, and function, and it includes provenance for many examples. The book ...
Collections - Les Musées Barbier-Mueller Bald Eagle, Masks, African Art, African. Visit ... Shrine Figure, Published with Fine Provenance African Artwork, African.
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note where this information is relevant to understanding the provenance of the Smith ... De Grunne, B. 1994 Beauty in Abstraction: the Barbier-Mueller Nukuoro.
"African Masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva." Prestel ... Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Thomas Murray collection, ...
Jul 12, 2019 - Maya Jade Pendant. Sotheby's Auction Paris, 2013. Collection Barbier-Mueller. SOLD $48,123 USD. Provenance: Galerie Merrin, New York, ...
Mar 27, 2013 - The auction house stated that it had researched the provenance of the ... M. Frechette, the guest blogger discussing the Barbier-Mueller sale for ...
Sep 7, 2019 - Provenance: · Old Collection Emile de Madre des Oursins, Belgium (acquired in 1942 to a ... Barbier-Muller, M. African Faces, African Figures.
May 1, 2015 - Provenance : Collection privée, ancienne collection Barbier Mueller, Genève, 1979.
MERLINI COCAI POETAE | MANTVANI LIBER MA|CARONICES LI-|BRI .XVII. | NON ANTE IMPRESSI. Provenance : inscription manuscrite à l'encre marron sur ...
Country of Origin, Gabon. People, Tsogo. Materials, Wood ... Perrois, L. Ancestral Art of Gabon from the Barbier-Mueller Collection,1986. Provenance: From the ...
R.I.P. Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller (1930-2016). I'm sorry ... And, together with this sale, the provenance of an object would came to have an increasingly important ...
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