THE HELENA RUBINSTEIN COLLECTION
Subtitle: African Art and Oceanin – Parts One and Two
Authors: Exhibition Catalogue. New York: 21 & 29 April 1966
Material Type: Sales catalog. [1st Sale]> Paris: December 14, 1979 & [2 Sell]> Paris: March 19, 1980
Publisher: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., New York, 1966. Hardcover, 4to, size: 19 x 27.5 cm
Content: 266 p, 200 ill. b / w, 3 ill. col., biblio., with attached list of auction price
Additional information: limited release. Catalog exhausted, become very rare and highly sought after by collectors.
State of the work: Very good condition with usual wear considering its age.
Description
In April 1966, Parke-Bernet sold the vast collections of Helena Rubinstein including its famous and important collection of African art and Oceanian one of the best. The catalog of this mythical list sale 261 lots, most, if not all, are represented with some color and many in full screen. Among the many sculptures reproduced listed among other ethnic groups: Sherbro, Bambara, Senufo, Dogon, Bembe and several others including their origin. Sales catalog in two parts of the collection of Helena Rubinstein with many black and white photographic in-text and color illustrations, mostly involving his collection of African objects. Almost all the sculptures are from western Sudan and have been joined by MF-H. Lem, who intended as a project and make the entire collection was to form the nucleus of a Museum for African Art in Dakar. This project was never realized, and Mrs. Rubinstein was able to buy the bulk of this collection. It will still leave the respectable Pavilion of Contemporary Art Helena Rubinstein in Tel Aviv, testimony to his great passion and unwavering interest in the arts.
Additional information
| Weight | 1010 g |
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| Dimensions | 19 × 27.5 cm |
