2018 – Boti

A sculptor of masks of the Gouro, Côte d'Ivoire
Notes on the personality, the processes and the style of a traditional African sculptor

A French language translation "Boti: a mask carver of the Guro, Ivory Coast" by Eberhard and Barbara Fischer from Hans and Ulrike Himmelheber, paru, in the original, in English in 1993. A biography and description of the method of work sculptor of wood Sabu in Boti des Gouro (Côte d'Ivoire). The names of the photographs based on the oeuvres of Boti are based on the confection of a mask in sculpture, which Eberhard Fischer and Lorenz Homberger ont suivis de manière très détaillée durant en séjour en 1975.

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Authors: Eberhard and Barbara Fischer, Hans and Ulrike Himmelheber
Premiere edition, 2018
96 pages, 179 photographs in black and white
22.5x21cm

Published by Fondation Koble des Mandé Sud, Man en collaboration with Museum Rietberg, Zurich (Publication Foundation/Artibus Asiae Publishers)

Language: French

Weight: 0.432kg

ISBN: 978-3-907077-57-3