TREASURES OF EL DORADO - Lot 272

TREASURES OF EL DORADO Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition held at Studio 44, Passage 44 in Brussels, from March 1 to April 3, 1972, featuring a remarkable collection of pre-Columbian goldwork from the collections of the Gold Museum in Bogotá. The book reveals the artistic richness of Colombia’s ancient civilizations through a selection of pendants, masks, breastplates, statuettes, and ritual objects made of hammered or cast gold. As testaments to the Quimbaya, Tairona, Tolima, and Muisca cultures, these works illustrate the exceptional technical mastery of pre-Hispanic artisans and the symbolic importance of the precious metal in Andean societies. Illustrated with numerous color reproductions, this catalog remains a valuable record of the European public’s discovery of pre-Columbian art in the early 1970s.