Pierre Dartevelle Et Les Arts Premiers Mémoire Et Continuité

A great traveller, gallerist Pierre Dartevelle has devoted fifty years to getting African art's status recognized in Brussels, where he opened a gallery in 1967 that soon achieved international renown.

This two-volume book tells a story and creates a context, as well as it describes relations between men and their bonds with objects. "Primordial arts", as the author himself defines them, have been the cornerstone and passion of his life. The first volume is dedicated to the figure of Pierre Dartevelle, and the second, rich of an important iconography, to the illustrious collection