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The "arrival" and representation of "art nègre" in Paris and New York / Iris Schmeisser

Catalog Data

Author:
Schmeisser, Iris  Search this
Smithsonian Libraries African Art Index Project DSI  Search this
Subject:
Guillaume, Paul 1891-1934  Search this
Einstein, Carl 1885-1940  Search this
Zayas, Marius de  Search this
Culin, Stewart 1858-1929  Search this
Barnes, Albert C (Albert Coombs) 1872-1951  Search this
Locke, Alain 1885-1954  Search this
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
2006
Notes:
Illustrations.
AFAINDEX5
Contents:
"Comme un appel du continent noir" : the vogue for "art nègre" -- Ethnologization and aestheticization : the discourse about African objects across the Atlantic -- A case study in transatlantic collaboration : the circle of Paul Guillaume, the Barnes Foundation, and the promotion of "art nègre" -- The influence of Alain Locke : "African idiom" and the legacy of the "ancestral arts."
Topic:
Sculpture, African--Appreciation  Search this
Sculpture, African  Search this
Call number:
NX512.3.A35 S345
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1088851