Comments on: Photo Survey of Historic African Collection

By: David Norden African Art

David Norden African Art — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 06:27:47 +0000

Dear Kevin,
I am also interested by the stories of African Art dealers in Antwerp, do you know if there where any other dealers-collectors besides Henry Pareyn in the early 1920’s ? I also am interested in knowing in what other collections these objects of Henry Pareyn ended, I found the name of Locke and the Blondiau-Theatre Arts Collection of Primitive African Art, but could not find much more details.

By: Kevin Dumouchelle

Kevin Dumouchelle — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:29:40 +0000

Marcel – thank you for your recent inquiry. I will be following up with you by email shortly.

By: de Toledo, Marcel

de Toledo, Marcel — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:46:16 +0000

Can you find for me Culin’s exhibition catalog of 1923: Primitive Negro Art, Chiefly from the Congo???

M. de Toledo

By: de Toledo, Marcel

de Toledo, Marcel — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:42:11 +0000

Hello Kevin,
I am befriended with curator Bill Siegman. He visited me in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2000. Actually I am looking to find the date of birth and death of F. Poncelet…Very difficult to find here, the archives of this veterinary school are lost or somewhere…I have also a historical collection, ancient objects from the Congo of Henry Pareyn’s collection: the pieces I have were bought in 1927 by Bela Hein, of which I made a book.
Perhaps you might find some more elements about F.Poncelet?? We have to find more about this man. I have bought “African Art: a Century at the Brooklyn Museum”, published in 2009.
All best,
Marcel de Toledo