«dance of kouli-kouta, niamey». A. Yakovlev alexander evgenievich yakovlev (1887-1938) «dance of kouli-kouta, niamey», 1926 estimate: £800,000-1,200,000 auction: sotheby's in 1924-1925, at the invitation of henri citroen, the head of the french automobile concern citroen, alexander yakovlev took part in a motor rally across africa. During the rally and after its completion, he created about 300 paintings and sketches, some of which were exhibited in 1926 at the artist’s personal exhibition at the parisian galerie charpentier. The exhibition brought yakovlev fame and money, and he soon became a knight of the legion of honor. The painting depicts an ancient dance, the kuli-kuta, which imitates the human sacrifices that were once common in this area: a priestess sharpens knives and prepares to sacrifice the most beautiful girls of the tribe to the god of thunder and lightning, sango. Date: between 1924 and 1925.
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