Jean Pigozzi
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Jean Pigozzi (1952) is an Italian businessman, art collector and philanthropist and owner of the world’s largest collection of contemporary African art. He was born in Paris as the son of Henri Pigozzi, founder of the French car maker Simca. Pigozzi studied in Paris and at Harvard University before working for the Gaumont Film Company and 20th Century Fox.
Pigozzi has over the last twenty years assembled his collection of contemporary African art. The collection is based in Geneva, and was presented at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco and at the National Museum of African Art in Washington D.C..
[edit] Bibliography
- Magnin, André (October 2005). Arts of Africa: The Contemporary Collection of Jean Pigozzi. ISBN 8876242961.
- Magnin, André; Alison De Lima Greene, Alvia Wardlaw, Thomas McEvilley (January 2005). African Art Now: Masterpieces from the Jean Pigozzi Collection. ISBN 1858942896.
