PICASSO — KERCHACHE (Jacques) - Lot 253

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PICASSO — KERCHACHE (Jacques) - Lot 253
PICASSO — KERCHACHE (Jacques) Picasso. Africa. State of Mind. Carte Blanche to Jacques Kerchache. Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou, 1995. Collection of the Cahiers du Musée national d'art moderne. Narrow 8vo (21 × 15 cm), paperback, illustrated cover with flaps, 61 pp., numerous reproductions of works by Pablo Picasso and African sculptures in black-and-white and color. First edition of this catalog, published on the occasion of the exhibition “Picasso—Africa, State of Mind,” held at the Centre Georges Pompidou from November 8, 1995, to January 8, 1996. ISBN 2-85850-863-1. The official entry from the Centre Pompidou confirms the catalog’s publication in 1995 and its preservation at the Kandinsky Library. Conceived as a “carte blanche for Jacques Kerchache,” the exhibition juxtaposed Picasso’s sculptures with some twenty-five African sculptures that the artist had never seen. Kerchache sought less to establish a direct connection than to highlight formal correspondences and a shared “spirit,” particularly in the invention of forms, proportions, articulations, and the use of negative space. This is a particularly interesting catalog in the bibliography of Jacques Kerchache, a leading figure in the recognition of African arts and “primitive arts” in France. Several African works reproduced in the book now have significant provenance: a Fon figure published on pp. 46–47, from the Anne and Jacques Kerchache collection and exhibited at that event, was recently cataloged by Bonhams. A very complete copy, including the blank card dedicated to Jacques Kerchache. Very good overall condition; slight signs of wear on the cover. Small label from an old bookstore on the back cover.
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