Making history
Subtitle: African collectors and the Canon of African art : the Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection
By: Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Publisher: 5 Continents Editions
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Milan, Italy
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9788874395712
Subjects: African Art; Art collections; Catalogs; Private collections; Collectors and collecting
Other titles: Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection
Description: Catalog of an African-owned collection of African artworks, including sculpture of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River, Benin, and Benue River Valley origins.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278).
Table of contents: title: Collecting African art in Lagos; title: African collectors and the canon of African art; title: Akinsanya the collector and his art dealers; title: The Olowe corpus and Yoruba sculpture; title: Benin artworks and the discourse of authenticity; title: Framing meaning.