African Masters 73 it will henceforth be necessary to recognize. Both this exhibition and its accompanying catalog promote this idea. Far from presenting itself as the definitive exploration of its subject matter, this show assumes from the outset that its contributions will be subject to revision in years to come. It is likely that over time techniques of analysis and conservation will improve, that the number of works known will increase, that a number of the attributions made here will be revised, and that contexts will turn out to be more complex than they had first appeared to be. But this in no way diminishes the importance of the long overdue recognition that this exhibition accords African sculptors, the artistic qualities of whose works so richly deserve our fullest attention and admiration. Afrikanische Meister: Kunst der Elfenbeinküste Museum Rietberg, Zurich Through June 1, 2014 Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn June 27–October 5, 2014 De Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam October 25, 2014–February 15, 2015 Musée du Quai Branly, Paris April 7–July 26, 2015 Catalog in German (A French version will be available later) Afrikanische Meister: Kunst der Elfenbeinküste Edited by Eberhard Fischer and Lorenz Homberger. With essays by Monica Blackmun Visonà, Daniela Bognolo, Eberhard Fischer, Bernard de Grunne, and Lorenz Homberger. 242 pages, 304 illustrations, 21.5 x 29 cm. ISBN 978-3-85881-427-2, CHF 39/€ 32. . FIG. 23 (facing page, left): Male figure holding a bowl. Baule, Côte d’Ivoire. 19th century. Attributed to the Himmelheber Master. Private collection, New York. Collected by Hans Himmelheber in 1933. FIG. 24 (facing page, top): Charles Pobéguin. Photo of a Baule altar in Toumoudi. The sculpture in fig. 26 appears at the right. 1896. © Archives Fonds Henri Pobéguin, Médiathèque Germaine Tillion, Saint- Maur-des Fossés, France. FIG. 25 (left): Jems Robert Koko Bi. Diaspora II, 2013. Wood, paint. Private collection. © Jems Robert Koko Bi. FIG. 26 (right): Male figure. Baule, Côte d’Ivoire. 19th century. Attributed to the Himmelheber Master. Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren. Collected by Maurice Delafosse in 1896 at Abli-Alukro. © MRAC, Tervuren.
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