Lot Essay
In West Africa, the role of the griot, both singer and musician, was to preserve the oral traditions and history of his people.
Ivory Coast griot Griot, Côte d'Ivoire
Details
Monique Cras (b. 1910)
Ivory Coast griot
Griot, Côte d'Ivoire
signed and inscribed lower left Monique Cras/griot/Côte d'Ivoire
gouache on cardboard
62 x 39 cm
Ivory Coast griot
Griot, Côte d'Ivoire
signed and inscribed lower left Monique Cras/griot/Côte d'Ivoire
gouache on cardboard
62 x 39 cm
Exhibited
Paris, Galerie Jean-Pierre Chalon, Monique Cras, January-February 1985
Paris, Galerie Verneuil Saints-Pères, Visions d'Afrique, May-June 1992
Paris, Galerie Verneuil Saints-Pères, Visions d'Afrique, May-June 1992
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Please note that the medium should read gouache and oil on paper