BIRDS - Lot 205

BIRDS Paris, Gallimard / Electa, Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art, 1996. A major catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the Fondation Cartier for Contemporary Art from June 19 to October 13, 1996. The book brings together contributions by Daniel Arasse, Claude Lévi-Strauss, François-Bernard Mâche, Michel Onfray, Jean-Loup Rousselot, and several specialists in the natural sciences and the arts. Through works drawn from a wide variety of cultures and eras, it explores the place of the bird in the human imagination, from primitivist art to contemporary art. Richly illustrated, this catalog is a fine example of the Fondation Cartier’s major publications from the 1990s.