[CONGO] MAES, J. and LAVACHERY, H. Art nègre. - Lot 65

[CONGO] MAES, J. and LAVACHERY, H. Art nègre. Bruxelles - Paris, Librairie Nationale d'Art et d'Histoire, 1930. In-8, paperback, illustrated cover. 31 pages + 48 plates of black photographs. Covers detached, quires untidy. Catalog for the exhibition "L'Art nègre" organized at the Palais des Beaux-Arts from November 15 to December 31, 1930. Introductions by J. Maes, curator of the ethnographic section of the Musée du Congo de Tervueren and H. Lavachery, Doctor of Philosophy and Letters, paint a fascinating picture of the arts of the Belgian Congo, from the sculptures of Katanga to the royal armchairs of the Kioko of Upper Kasai, via the medicinal, maternity and commemorative figures of the Mayombés, Basundis and Kakongos. Fair condition, fresh interior.