Forthcoming exhibition Steve McCurry & Musée Barbier-Mueller: Wabi-Sabi, Beauty in Imperfection.
Please find below high resolution images for the web. For high resolution images for print and other resquests, please contact Anne-Joëlle Nardin, ajnardin@barbier-mueller.ch or +41 22 312 02 73.
Male head or mask. Probably from eastern Syria, sphere of influence of the city of Mari (present-day Tall Hariri). Sumerian civilization. Early Dynastic (mid-3rd millennium BCE). Limestone, bitumen, and black and white stones. H. 12 cm. Inv. 240-107. Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Face mask. Acquired from the Songye, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 20th century. Wood, with white paint and traces of blue and brown decoration, upholstery tacks, metal teeth, bast fibers, and bast weave. H. 30 cm. Former Berthe Hartert collection. Inv. 1026-291. Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Lukwakongo mask. Lega. Democratic Republic of the Congo. 20th century. Whitened wood. H. 15.5 cm. Inv. 1026-465. Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
Nwantantay plank mask. Bwa. Burkina Faso. 20th century. Wood, painted black, white, and red. H. 203 cm. Former Josef Mueller collection, acquired from Emil Storrer in 1953. Inv. 1005-10. Musée Barbier-Mueller. Photo Studio Ferrazzini Bouchet.
