Eastern Nigerian art from the Toby and Barry Hecht collection.
From: African Arts
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Date: 3/22/2002
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Author: Hecht, Barry; Sieber, Roy
Sometimes a passion for collecting springs from mundane circumstance. For Toby and Barry Hecht, it began as a matter of interior decorating: after moving into a new house about eighteen years ago, a friend suggested that an African mask might go well with their contemporary furnishings. As Barry Hecht tells it, "We visited two galleries in New York and bought a few pieces that turned out to be reproductions. However, my interest was kindled, and I started visiting exhibitions at the ...
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