Standing Woman - Auguste Heng (1891-1968)

Pink marble stone sculpture
Presented on an olive wood base

France
circa 1930
height : 34.5 cm
total height with base : 41 cm

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Biography :
Auguste Heng (1891-1968) was a Swiss sculptor. Member of the Swiss Society of Painters, Sculptors and Architects, he exhibited in Paris at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Indépendants.

Participating in André Citroën's famous "black cruise", Heng produced a bust of a woman which became famous, a portrait of Nobosudru who was the favorite of Touba, chief of the Mangbetou tribe in Belgian Congo (Zaire) in the 1920s. At the time, we could see this face and profile everywhere in Paris and in Europe, in particular on the posters of the Pavillon de Marsan Exhibition.

This mythical cruise is recounted by Léon Poirier's film and by numerous events and exhibitions organized on the return from the expedition in 1926. Naturalist sculptures presenting each tribe or region were made by Western artists such as Guillaume Laplagne and Auguste Heng.