La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte ce n’est rien

ce n’est rien

Yahya Mahmoud)

it presents thematic displays and monographic exhibitions

Highly illustrated

La quête du Livre de la jungle de Mathurin Méheut. Egypte ce n’est rienMathurin Mheut (1883 1958) had a dream: to illustrate Kipling's Jungle Book, for its exuberant plant settings and extraordinary fauna. Visiting Japan and Hawaii, he cultivated this taste for elsewhere. But it was with the philanthropist Albert Kahn, his villas and gardens, that he discovered Mediterranean flora. Patrick Le Tiec brings together here in 120 works all of Mheut's exoticism. Like his botanical plates (1931), but also animal studies,