MoMA announced a major exhibition of African sculpture and design in 1935
The Museum of Modern Art’s March 1935 announcement proposed an exhibition of 603 African objects from museum and private collections. Sculpture and masks were to appear alongside musical instruments and everyday objects such as spoons and headrests. The release related African artistic forms to modern European art. Read today, it documents both the planned exhibition and a period museum viewpoint that needs critical historical context.
By AFROSCOPE DailySource: The Museum of Modern Art