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Making history, African collectors and the Canon of African art : the Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie

Label
Making history, African collectors and the Canon of African art : the Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection, Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-278)
Illustrations
mapsillustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Making history
Nature of contents
bibliographycatalogs
Responsibility statement
Sylvester Okwunodu Ogbechie
Sub title
African collectors and the Canon of African art : the Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection
Summary
Catalog of an African-owned collection of African artworks, including sculpture of Yoruba, Igbo, Urhobo, Cross River, Benin, and Benue River Valley origins
Table Of Contents
Collecting African art in Lagos -- African collectors and the canon of African art -- Akinsanya the collector and his art dealers -- The Olowe corpus and Yoruba sculpture -- Benin artworks and the discourse of authenticity -- Framing meaning
resource.variantTitle
Femi Akinsanya African Art Collection
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Content