Catalog of the exhibition Sumer and the Modern Paradigm (28/10/2017- 21/01/2018), explores the interest that Mesopotamian “arts” from the turn of the fourth and third millennium BC aroused in some of the key artists of the twentieth century.
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Author: Pedro Azara, Marc Marín, Brigitte Pedde and Zainab Bahrani
Publisher: Fundació Joan Miró
Year of publication: 2017
Product features:
192 pages, 90 illustrations
Hardcover
24 x 17 cm
Languages:
Catalan - English: ISBN 978-84-16411-35-1
Spanish - English: ISBN 978-84-16411-36-8
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