PICASSO and AFRICA

Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, 10 February - 19 March 2006. Soft cover. A4 size, 221 pages. Very good condition. Clean and tightly bound. The cover shows minor signs of handling. Shipping to anywhere in SA is R36.

"The Picasso And Africa exhibition has finally opened at the Iziko South African National Gallery in Cape Town after a highly successful six-week run at the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg that drew over 56 000 visitors... The exhibition ..comprises 84 of Pablo Picasso's paintings, drawings and sculptures and 29 African masks and sculptures that have been sourced from private collectors in South Africa as examples of African art that would have influenced his work and which reflects the spirit of his private collection, which remains in Paris as it is too fragile to travel. The sourced works originate from various African countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, and Gabon. The exhibition has chosen, primarily, to exhibit masks, as Picasso's African-art collection mainly comprised these kinds of artworks, but his collection also included other items, such as a number of African musical instruments and a few pieces of jewellery."