“The Eyes of Discovery” collection
This proved to be remarkably well preserved and consists of both wall-reliefs and paintings on mud plaster
business letters with letterhead
Bilingual French-English edition
Access to this precious witness should be of interest to historians of the book and specialists in the Coptic language
Van Dongen et le Bateau-lavoir. Copte “The Eyes of Discovery” collectionThe legendary Bateau Lavoir, located on Place mile Goudeau, a stone's throw from the current Muse de Montmartre, became, at the beginning of the 20th century, the cradle of modern art where Picasso, Braque, Derain, Vlaminck, Matisse, Apollinaire, Max Jacob, Otto van Rees and many others met and exchanged ideas in an independent spirit. Kees van Dongen moved there at the end of 1905, probably at the invitation of Picasso, who had been living there