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March 01 2017 African Art in the Barnes Foundation: The Triumph of L'Art nègre and the Harlem Renaissance African Art in the Barnes Foundation: The Triumph of L'Art nègre and the Harlem Renaissance by ChristaClarkeNew York: Skira Rizzoli in association with the Barnes Foundation, 2015; 288 pp., 325 color ill., biblio, index. $75.00, hardcover Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1937-2108 Print Issn: 0001-9933 © 2017 by the Regents of the University of California.2017 African Arts (2017) 50 (1): 91–92. https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_r_00336 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation African Art in the Barnes Foundation: The Triumph of L'Art nègre and the Harlem Renaissance. African Arts 2017; 50 (1): 91–92. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/AFAR_r_00336 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAfrican Arts Search Advanced Search African Art in the Barnes Foundation is an important scholarly publication masquerading as a coffee table art book. A comprehensive catalogue of its subject, the sixty-seven works in the collection are each provided with full-page color reproductions. (And by isolating each sculpture on a grey ground, Rick Echelmeyer implicitly acknowledges and continues the photographic legacies of Man Ray, Charles Sheeler, and Walker Evans.) Christa Clarke's comprehensive introductory essay, “Albert Barnes, the Barnes Foundation, and African Art,” provides the history of Barnes's approach to and philosophy of collecting, while the short scholarly essays accompanying each object offer a précis of current research in the field of African art history. The tome thus provides a rich compendium for both the eyes and the mind.1 Clarke's introductory essay argues that the Foundation holds an important place in the reception of African art in the West because, “[i]t was one of the first... You do not currently have access to this content.
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