African masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva
By: by Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskési, and László Vajda.
Contributors: Kecskési, Maria.; Vajda, László, 1923-; Gabriel, John William.; Collection Barbier-Müller.; Haus der Kunst München.
Publisher: Prestel
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Munich; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Collection Barbier-Müller -- Exhibitions.; Masks, African -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Exhibitions.; Wood sculpture, African -- Exhibitions.; Masks -- Switzerland -- Geneva -- Exhibitions.
Description: African Masks surveys 248 of the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, of which 100 are reproduced in stunning color illustrations. Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic significance.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-285) and index.
Translated from the German by John William Gabriel.
"This book was first published on the occasion of the exhibition at the Haus der Kunst, Munich (February 14-April 27, 1997), Kunsthalle Bielefeld (May 15-August 3, 1997), Banque Générale du Luxembourg (September 1-October 30, 1997), Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren, Belgium (May 29-September 13, 1998), and the Fondation Bismarck, Paris (Fall 1998)"--T.p. verso.