Baule mask Ivory Coast wood height: 43 in. (109 cm.) base by wood artist Kichizô Inagaki (1876–1951) (image courtesy Christie’s) Popularly known as the “Krugier-Picasso mask,” a 19th century West ...

At the beginning of the 20th century, the traditional masks of sub-Saharan Africa motivated artists such as Picasso and Matisse to remake the human form. A century later, these masks have become a ...

THE sculpture which has been produced by the natives of Western and Central Africa has existed for ages, but its proper appreciation by us can be dated from the turn of this century. Although the’ ...

Illustrations, color plate 7 (opposite page 77). An attempt to illustrate, using examples of art from the Museum's collection, the scope of African arts of design. Draws on now outdated notions of ...