Attributed to the 'Master of beautiful breasts', Attie, Lagoon area, Ivory Coast, 19th century. Wood, 40 cm. © Lucas Ratton at TEFAF Maastricht 2019, Stand 604.

Provenance: Probably in William O. Oldman's collection (1879-1949), London; Formerly in Armand Trampitsch's collection (1893-1975), Paris; Formerly in Georges F. Keller's collection (1899-1981), Paris; Formerly in Paolo Morigi's collection, Lugano; Formerly in Rudolf and Leonore Blum's collection, USA, acquired from Paolo Morigi in 1989; Formerly in Daniel Hourdé's collection, Paris; Formerly in Adrian Schlag's collection, Brussels.

Literature: A. Jacob, ABC Décor, "Statuaire de l'Afrique Noire", Paris, January 1976, p. 75 
Bertrand Goy, Côte d'Ivoire, premiers regards sur la sculpture 1850-1935, Ed. Schoffel Valluet, Paris, 2012, p. 117-118 
Adrian Schlag, La région lagunaire, Cover, 2016, pp. 88-91 
Paolo Morigi, Racccolta di un amatore d’arte primitiva, Bern, 1980, pp. 164-167 
Kunstmuseum/Musée des Beaux-Arts de Berne, Kunst aus Afrika und Ozeanien. Eine unbekannte Privatsammlung / Art d'Afrique et d'Océanie. Une collection privée inconnue", Bern, 1980, p. 168 

Exhibited: Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900's, lent by Albert Daudy.

TEFAF March 16-24, 2019 Maastricht, Stand 604.

Beginning in the 1920s, his great-uncle, Charles Ratton, and his grandfather, Maurice Ratton, were Parisian pioneers of the Tribal Arts. Today, thirty years old Lucas Ratton perpetuates the family tradition of excellence in his gallery located 33 rue de Seine in Paris.

The gallery specializes in ritual african art, with selected objects such as Tyi Wara (also known as Chi Wara) crest masks or headdresses from the Bambara ethnic group in Mali, classical sculptures and ancestor statuary produced by the Punu and Fang tribes in Gabon, rare magical pieces, feminine images and protective family fetish figures from the Kusu, Luba and Teke tribes in the Congo.

The objects are acquired in important French and international collections.

The selection criterias became higher in 2014 with the opening of a new gallery located in Paris, in the heart of the historic district of Saint Germain des Prés.