- Title :
-
'Ein Nationalmuseum in Schwarzafrika, das ist absurd'
- Author :
- CHRISTMANN, Holger ;
- Publication year :
-
2003
- Language :
- German ;
- Abstract :
- Interviews collector of African art Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller, questioning whether individual pieces of his collection, housed in the Musée Barbier-Mueller, Geneva, may have been looted and if restitution is necessary. Discusses the problems of African museums including the danger of theft and destruction. Focuses on his sculptural pieces of Nok-art and masks from the Congo, and comments on the eventual sale of his collection. ;
- Pagination/Size :
- 4 col. ill. ;
- Topic :
- 530 - BIBLIOGRAPHIE D'HISTOIRE DE L'ART ;
- French keywords :
- Afrique ; Art ; Barbier, Jean-Paul, n.1930 ; Collectionneurs ; Collections ; Congo ; Destruction ; Genève (CHE) ; Genève (CHE), Musée Barbier-Mueller ; Interview ; Masque ; Musée ; Nok ; Pillage ; Restitution ; Sculpture ; Suisse ; Vente ; Vol ;
- Descriptors :
- Africa ; Art ; Auctions ; Barbier, Jean-Paul, b.1930 ; Collections ; Collectors ; Congo ; Destruction ; Genève (CHE) ; Genève (CHE), Musée Barbier-Mueller ; Interviews ; Masks ; Museums ; Nok ; Pillage ; Restitution ; Sculpture ; Switzerland ; Theft ;
- Document type :
- Article ;
- Source :
-
Art (Hamburg), 2003, 5, May
- INIST identifier :
- 24874747 ;
- ISSN :
- ISSN 0173-2781 ;
- Provenance :
- Bibliographie d'Histoire de l'Art ;
- Publisher :
-
Gruner und Jahr, Hamburg
- Publisher country :
- GERMANY ;
