Catalog of an exhibition held at Musee du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac from November 19, 2019-June 28, 2020. Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
A conversation with Estrellita B. Brodsky / Catherine Grenier. Madame's collection : Africa at its heart / Helene Joubert -- Frederic-Henri Lem's mid-twentieth century case for African art and its study / Susan Elizabeth Gagliardi -- Equatorial African treasures from the Rubinstein collection / Charlotte Grand-Dufay -- Masks, mirrors, and Mise en scene. The collection and the image / Yaelle Biro -- Madame and me / Suzanne Slesin -- Helena Rubinstein: the power of an art collection / Julie Verlaine -- To collect "Au Feminin" / Susan Kloman -- A conversation with Estrellita B. Brodsky / Catherine Grenier.
Summary:
An extraordinary figure, the first 20th century business woman, a self-made and emancipated woman, a visionary... There are no shortage of superlatives to describe the incredible rise to fame of Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965), dubbed the Empress of beauty by Cocteau, but her role as an experienced collector and a pioneer in the recognition of African and Oceanic arts in Europe and North America is often overlooked00Primarily amassed in Paris through her various encounters, "Madame?s collection", now dispersed, comprised over 400 pieces of non-European art including precious Kota and Fang reliquary guardians, exceptional Baoule, Bamana, Senoufo and Doghon pieces stood alongside works by contemporary painters and sculptors such as Chagall, Braque and Picasso, as well as the array of other spheres covered by the collection.
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