拍品 17
17
Andr Herviault (1884-1969)
Andr Herviault (1884-1969)

African chief Chef africain

细节
Andr Herviault (1884-1969)
African chief
Chef africain
oil on panel
92 x 73 cm
来源
Estate of the artist
出版
For similar portraits by Herviault, see Lynne Thornton, Les peintres et l'Afrique noire, Paris, ABC Collection, 1982, pp.60 and 61.

拍品专文

In many formal portraits of African men and women, particularly in photographs, but also in some paintings, the sitters have their knees wide apart, which allows the material of their costume to be displayed. The fingers of their hands are also often spread out.