The African collection by Ewa and Yves Develon.
Short and Long Editions| N° d'inventaire | 24012 |
| Format | 24.5 x 28.5 |
| Détails | 336 p., numerous color illustrations, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Paris, 2021 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782352902898 |
Since the 1960s, Ewa and Yves Develon have collected over 300 objects from sub-Saharan Africa. This exceptional and rare collection focuses on Nigerian cultures that are little known in France.
Having become art lovers and dealers, they preferred intimate discoveries to the great lights of the market, surprise to confidence, originality to conventional choices. With high standards, they have shaped a collection in their image, discreet and moving.
For Yves Develon, the works in their collection "transcend the suffering and hopes that have crossed men throughout their history to join us here, in this melting pot of world cultures that the museum has become."
The Ewa and Yves Develon donation now enriches the African collection of the Musée des Confluences, made up of nearly 7,000 objects divided into three main groups: North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Exhibition catalog, Musée des Confluences.
Since the 1960s, Ewa and Yves Develon have collected over 300 objects from sub-Saharan Africa. This exceptional and rare collection focuses on Nigerian cultures that are little known in France.
Having become art lovers and dealers, they preferred intimate discoveries to the great lights of the market, surprise to confidence, originality to conventional choices. With high standards, they have shaped a collection in their image, discreet and moving.
For Yves Develon, the works in their collection "transcend the suffering and hopes that have crossed men throughout their history to join us here, in this melting pot of world cultures that the museum has become."
The Ewa and Yves Develon donation now enriches the African collection of the Musée des Confluences, made up of nearly 7,000 objects divided into three main groups: North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.
Exhibition catalog, Musée des Confluences.