[BENIN - ABOMEY]. Artistes d'Abomey / Artists from Abomey. - Lot 22

[BENIN - ABOMEY]. Artistes d'Abomey / Artists from Abomey. Paris, Musée du Quai Branly / Fondation Zinsou, 2009. In-8, black half cloth, brown boards printed in silver. 345 pages, numerous sepia and color illustrations. Text in English and French. Slight white marks on spine, minor tears on second board. Catalog of the exhibition organized at the Musée du quai Branly from November 10, 2009 to January 31, 2010, dealing with the place and role of the artist in Africa, and more specifically in Abomey, former capital of the kingdom of Dahomey, in present-day Benin. It is accompanied by a 20-page booklet, featuring a travel diary from Abomey before 1890. This copy includes a card from Stéphane Martin, President of the Musée du Quai Branly, glued to the back cover, and an article on the exhibition from Le Monde. Good condition.