Description
ANCESTRAL ART OF GABON is the second exhibition to travel abroad (Dallas Museum of Art: January 26 – June 15, 1986 / Los Angeles Countu Muesum of Art: August 28, 1986 – March 22, 1897). This exhibition features a selection of sculptures chosen for their aesthetic qualities and reproduced here in full screen colors. The author of this impressive catalog, Louis Perrois, research director at the French Institute for Scientific Research for Development Cooperation (ORSTOM), has written several books on the country, but the catalog on the arts of Gabon is the first comprehensive study to be published in English.