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FAR LEFT: Tarzan, 1950.
R. B. private collection.
The trademarks Tarzan® and Edgar
Rice Burroughs® are owned by Edgar
Rice Burroughs, Inc., and are used
by permission. Tarzan poster art and
Tarzan book covers © Edgar Rice
Burroughs, Inc. All rights reserved.
LEFT: Mon premier livre de
geographie, 1952.
Published by Delagrave.
R. B. private collection.
© D. R.
ABOVE: Example of Le
magasin pittoresque.
Published by E. Charton, Paris, 1841.
R. B. private collection.
Photo: Claude Germain, © Musée du
Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
LEFT: Tibder tube. Argentina.
19th century.
Armadillo tail, cord. H: 4.5 cm.
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac, inv. 71.1899.8.84.
Photo: Claude Germain, © Musée du
Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac.
BELOW: Poster for Around
the World in 80 Days,
France.
Photo: Frank Pellois, © Musée Jules
Verne de Nantes.
MUSEUM NEWS
THE LITTLE EXPLORER’S
BOX OF DELIGHTS
PARIS—The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac
specializes in examining different perspectives. After
Aztec Hotel, which focused on the America-mania surrounding
Pre-Columbian cultures, Le Magasin des petits
explorateurs (the Little Explorer’s Box of Delights) now
looks at the ways in which distant cultures were represented
and portrayed in France in publications intended
for children. On view through October 7, the exhibition
serves as an extension of Paintings from Afar, which we
presented in last issue’s Portfolio, except it’s for kids.
Great authors and romantic painters were fascinated by
the Aztec, Maya, Native Americans, Africans, and Japanese
Samurai. Impressionable children
react to these fascinating and
distant worlds in particular ways,
and children’s literature may offer
the best explanation as to why. Jules
Verne, Robinson Crusoe and Friday,
and Captain Nemo, among many
others, have been an important part
of many a childhood. Were these paper
heroes the fruit of fertile imaginations,
hostile and savage jungles, and
visions of the adventurers’ heroism? Or
were they faithful and neutral representations—
if a bit embellished—of the
peoples by whom they were inspired?
Such stereotypes are injected into the
worldview of young generations, as the
nostalgia of adults fi nds its way into the
adventure stories intended for children.
The objects, books, magazines, and catalogs
presented in this exhibition, which
was curated by Roger Boulay, eloquently
support this point.
RESEARCH
NOTICE
The Helena Rubinstein Project
Helena Rubinstein (1872–1965), a
leading businesswoman of the twentieth
century, created a cosmetics empire
and her name became legendary. Her
natural curiosity, her lively and innate
intelligence, her determination to be
different, and her thirst for freedom also
propelled her interest in African art.
Using this passion for non-European
art as a starting point, Hélène Joubert,
curator of African patrimony at the
Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac,
is developing an exhibition scheduled to
be shown from October 22, 2019, until
February 2020.
Within the framework of her research,
and with the hope of publishing a list
in the show’s catalog (maintaining
owners’ anonymity, if so desired, Joubert
is looking for any and all objects that
can be identifi ed as having been part of
the Helena Rubinstein Collection, and
specifi cally those included in the album
on this magazine’s Facebook page,
which were included in the New York
Parke-Bernet auctions of April 21, April
29, and October 15, 1966.
If you have any insights or information
to share, please contact elena@
tribalartmagazine.com.
The Félix Fénéon Project
The Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques
Chirac and the Musée de l’Orangerie
are preparing an exhibition on art critic,
publisher, and collector Félix Fénéon
(1861–1944).
The show’s organizers are looking for
works of tribal art or paintings that were
in his collection, which was dispersed
at four public auctions after his death.
If you have any information, please
contact the exhibition’s curator, Philippe
Peltier, at peltier.ph@quaibranly.fr.
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