The treasures of Mr. Perichon

The treasures of Mr. Perichon

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Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 14, 2024

Runtime

0h 31m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

La cave de l'homme des steppes

Production Companies

In Vivo Prod

Director

Jonathan Bougard

Budget

$6,000

Description

How at the beginning of 2022, while doing research in France on Henriette Lorimier and the women painters of the early 19th century, in a cellar in Bagneux Jonathan Bougard came across a bust signed Muta Mayola, the most important Congolese sculptor of the twentieth century, of which we thought all the works had disappeared. At the same time as on a set of works by his students and nephews Grégoire Massengo, Benoit Konongo and Edouard Malonga. The fathers of modern Congolese sculpture, main representatives of the Muta Mayola school.