VERSWIJVER Gustaaf, Els De Palmenaer, Viviane Baeke, Anne-Marie Bouttiaux-Ndiaye, Alain Nicolas
Masterpieces from Central Africa: The Tervuren Museum
Détails sur le produit: Relié: 200 pages - Editeur: Prestel; Édition: illustrated edition (17 october 1996) - Collection: African, Asian & Oceanic Art - Langue: Anglais - ISBN-10: 3791316834 - ISBN-13: 978-3791316833
Descrizione libro: Prestel 1996. Mint in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. 200 pp. Illustrated throughout principally in full colour. 1st edition of excellent title. Published to coincide with a major exhibition across North America and Europe, this book describes and illustrates 125 of the finest objects in the Tervuren Museum collection. The objects come from a number of countries including Zaire and Angola, and very few have been exhibited before. The museum was founded in 1897 by King Leopold II of Belgium as a "window on Central Africa" for the Belgian people. An exhibition to commemorate its centenary is being staged from 1996 to 1998 in Ottawa, Washington DC, San Francisco, Chicago, and many other venues across North America and Europe.
