A LEGACY OF COLLECTING : AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
Authors: V. BAEKE / Barbier–Mueller JP / J. BELL / BERLINER D / Y BIRO / Bognolo D. / BOULIER C. / A.-M. BOYER / COOTE J. / M. GUNN / HEERMANN I. / HERLE A. / HOMBERGER L. / S. HOOPER / HUFFMAN K. / JORDAN M. PEREZ / KAUFMANN C. / Kjellgren E. / LaGamma A. / F MORIN / ORLIAC C. & M. / L. Perrois / A PERSON . / D. WAITE / WASTIAU B.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: June 2 – September 27, 2009
Publisher: Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, 2009. Bound with editor binding canvas black with engraved title recessed under jacket illustrated in color with flaps new condition, in-4, size: 25.5 x 31.5 cm, ISBN 978- 2-88104-043-8
Content: 152 p, 7 ill. b / w, 4 ill. col., 14 b / w photos, 4 Color photos. 4 pl.n / b, 37 pl.coul., biblio., catalog, notes and biographies of the authors of the catalog
State of the work: nine
Description
“A Legacy collection of African and Oceanic art of the Barbier-Mueller Geneva at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.” In a collaborative effort between the Barbier-Mueller Museum of Geneva and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, this publication and the accompanying exhibition provides an overview of thirty-seven masterpieces of African art Pacific and in the Barbier-Mueller collections. The different texts, written by a host of experts describe through their eyes, stylistic and contextual history of each work and, three preliminary introductory essays staff conservation department of arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas Metropolitan Museum, explore their importance in the context of a legacy of Western connoisseurs and collection.
Additional information
| Weight | 1410 g |
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| Dimensions | 25.5 × 31.5 cm |
