Monique Cras (b. 1910)
Monique Cras (b. 1910)

Danan dancer, Ivory Coast Danseur de Danan, Cote d'Ivoire

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Monique Cras (b. 1910)
Danan dancer, Ivory Coast
Danseur de Danan, Cote d'Ivoire
signed and inscribed with title lower right Monique Cras
oil on paper laid down on board
73 x 54.4 cm
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean-Pierre Chalon, personal exhibition, 1985.

Lot Essay

In the Ivory Coast town of Danan, a troup of dancers - animist Yacouba from Liberia - gave a special performance in honour of Monique Cras and a film-director. "The first team danced on the spot to nostalgic songs, mouths closed, black feathers in their hands, beplumed head-dress, two decorated wings on their side", wrote the artist in her unpublished typescript Randonne en A.O.F.

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