Les Marquisiens et leur art. Volume II : Le plastique. Beaux-arts fonds photographique issu de l'agence

fonds photographique issu de l'agence de Robert Mallet-Stevens

The images he loves never belong to "great classical painting but always to popular art

originally from Alexandria

and that have fueled in me reflections which i have taken the liberty of exposing here

Mathieu Dreyfus

Les Marquisiens et leur art. Volume II : Le plastique. Beaux-arts fonds photographique issu de l'agenceThe Marquesans and Their Art is a must read for anyone interested in Marquesan civilization and Eastern Polynesia. It is the result of a detailed study of the various forms of artistic expressionthen threatened with extinctionconducted by Karl von den Steinen, a German doctor in the archipelago at the end of the 19th century. It has been a reference work since its first publication in 1925. Its success for nearly a century has never been denied, even