Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenee Collection of Congo Sculpture

Constantine Petridis

ISBN 10: 8874396562 / ISBN 13: 9788874396566

Published by 5 Continents Editions January 2019, 2019

About this Item

Tiny tear to rear cover, else tight and clean. Copiously illustrated.

Seller Inventory # 1039708

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fragments of the Invisible: The Rene and Odette Delenee Collection of Congo Sculpture
• Publisher: 5 Continents Editions January 2019
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8874396562
• ISBN 13: 9788874396566
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • 56-ART

About this title

Synopsis

Fragments of the Invisible celebrates the acquisition by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 2010 of 35 stellar works of 19th- and 20th-century Congolese art from the collection of René and Odette Delenne of Brussels. The book, which accompanies an exhibition at the museum, explores the fragmentary nature of African works in Western collections and sheds light on how, in their original settings, many works connected with the invisible world of spirits and deities. Many of the objects have never been published or exhibited before.

About the Author

Constantine Petridis, a member of the Belgian Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences, is curator of African Art at the Cleveland Museum of Art and adjunct professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.