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ISBN: 9780981418834David Krut Publishing, 31 December 2009
Hardcover, 122 pages
David Krut Publishing, in collaboration with Natalie Knight, is pleased to announce the publication of l Afrique: A Tribute to Maria Stein-Lessing and Leopold Spiegel, forthcoming in May 2009. l Afrique celebrates the lives and work of two extraordinary personalities, Maria Stein-Lessing and Leopold Spiegel, who produced an important legacy in the field of African and South African art and artefacts. Through the memories of people closest to them and essays by Natalie Knight, Paula Girshick and Nessa Leibhammer, the book traces the lives of Stein-Lessing and Spiegel and records their vital contribution to the study and collecting of African art. Maria Stein-Lessing left Germany in 1933 for London and, after receiving her Doctorate from the University of Bonn, travelled to South Africa in 1936, where she remained until her tragic death in 1961. She is remembered by those close to her as an eccentric person and an… Read More