Description
Collectors of primitive art are a tribe of their own, and here we find them readily susceptible to the ethnologist’s scrutiny. Rolande Bonnain deftly explores the language and habits of their particular microcosm, along with their customs, practices, and legends. She cites, among others, such influential collectors as D.H. Kahnweiler and Nelson A. Rockefeller. We learn of their private haunts, and social networks, as well as the myths surrounding them.
This is a book that will be of serious interest to anyone interested in a uniquely ethnographic perspective on the world of indigenous art collecting. It will also appeal to those interested in issues of post-colonialism and its effects upon western culture.