Statues: in the collections of the musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac - ENG

Description

The Statues album, edited by Yves Le Fur, showcases a hundred works of statuary from the collections of the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, covering Africa, Oceania, the Americas, and Southeast Asia. Richly illustrated, it explores statuary through line, volume, material, and color. Each work is accompanied by a brief description and highlights its formal inventiveness, material diversity, and emblematic significance. This book complements the previous publications Masterpieces (2006) and Masks (2008) dedicated to the museum's collections.