AFRICAN 'GWAN' SCULPTURE AMONG LACMA'S LATEST PURCHASES
The L.A. County Museum of Art has signaled its commitment to African art by paying $1 million for a 3-foot-high "Gwan" sculpture of a mother and infant, believed to help ensure healthy childbirth by the Bamana peoples of Mali.
By Jori Finkel. LA Times. April 16, 2013.
For more on this story, please go to this link:
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-lacma-acquisitions-20130416,0,7223905.story
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment