Masques | une sélection de la collection André Breton (André Breton)

Masque haida

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Masque anthropomorphe à transformation en cèdre, provenant de l'île de la Reine Charlotte (Haida Gwaii) et datant du 19e siècle.
Quatre images, une notice descriptive, des expositions, une bibliographie, un lien.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Mask, Ceremonial Art

Masque Hopi

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Masque constitué d'une pièce de cuir plié, fendu et peint.
Huit images, une notice descriptive, des expositions, une bibliographie.

[Exhibitions] 1991, boîte archives bleue, Beaubourg

Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Arizona, Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art

Yup'ik Mask

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Mask from the Kuskokwim tundra in Alaska, now conserved at the Museum of Quai Branly.

Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art, Northern People

A Kinugumiut or Napaskiak Mask

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Mask representing a human face pigmented in two colors, the top part is a yellow ochre and the details of the face are colored in red.

Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art, Northern People

Man-Whale Mask

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Probably of Yup'ik origin, this mask is from the beginning of the 20th century and represents a whale-person. It was acquired by Breton in 1935.

Three images, a descriptive notice, an exposition, a bibliography.

[Journal] Cahiers d'art

Mask, Ceremonial Art, Northern People

Masque du Poisson

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Yup'ik Ceremonial Mask from Alaska, dated from the beginning of the 20th century.

No image, a descriptive notice, a museum, a link.

[Photos d'objets] photos in the studio

Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art, Northern People

Phoenix of the mask

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Manuscript by André Breton dated Paris, 27 June 1960.

Three images, a description, a bibliography, a link.

[AB's Manuscripts] Manuscripts 1958-1966, [Revue] XXe siècle

Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Arizona, Mask, Work notes, Ceremonial Art, Reviews and Journals, Theater

Masque haisla

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Masque représentant un visage aux traits naturalistes.
Une image, une notice descriptive.

Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Mask, Ceremonial Art

Yup'ik Mask

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Yup'ik mask from Alaska in wood, partially painted with white and black pigments, not dated, acquired by André Breton in New York in 1945.

One image, one descriptive notice.

Mask, Ceremonial Art, Northern People

Masque Navajo

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Masque cagoule Navajo qui représente une divinité masculine. La couleur bleue représente le ciel, les motifs verticaux sur le couvre-nuque, la pluie.
Une image, une notice descriptive, des expositions, une bibliographie.

[Exhibitions] 1991, boîte archives bleue, Beaubourg

Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art

Yup'ik Mask

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This mask with a distorted face, property of a shaman, was used during ceremonies of evocation and the representation of spirits, which could inspire a state of trance and premonitory vision in the shaman.

Mask, organic items, Ceremonial Art, Northern People