BOCOLA SANDRO (ED.)

Afrikanische Sitze

München, Prestel, 1994. 200pp. with numerous illustrations in colour and in bl/w, 30cm. illustrated softcover, good condition, C99866

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Book number: C99866

Catalogue: Afrika

Keywords: Afrika Africa Afrique Afrikaanse kunst art africaine african arts sculpture beeldhouwkunst etnische kunst ethnic arts stools

Bocola, Sandro. (Ed.).

AFRIKANISCHE SITZE.

200 pp.; 414 illus., 123 in colour, 6 maps, index, biblio.. Text: German. Exh. catalogue on stools from Africa. Munich, 1994. Cloth.

Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre VolkenProfessional seller

Book number: 2160

Keywords: Africa: General Art & Reference books

Bocola, Sandro. (Ed.).

AFRIKANISCHE SITZE.

200 pp.; 414 illus., 123 in colour, 6 maps, index, biblio.. Text: German. Exh. cat. on African stools. Munich, 1994. Pbk.

Ethnographic Art Books/De Verre VolkenProfessional seller

Book number: 6475

Keywords: Africa: General Art & Reference books

Bocola, Sandro. (ed.).

Afrikanische Sitze. Mit Beiträgen von Ezio Bassani, Sandro Bocola, Hans Himmelheber, [etc.].

[München], Prestel, [1994]. 200 pp. Col. & b./w. ills. Orig. hardcover (brown cloth with white lettering on spine), d./j. 4to.German-language edition of a publication issued on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name at the Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rein, in collaboration with the Africa Museum, Tervuren, 1994-1996. - African seats have exceptional sculptural power; and they range from items incorporating carved figures to extraordinarily abstract forms of a minimalism astonishing even by Western standards. No other non-European culture can lay claim to such a variety of seats. Alongside a multitude of stools and backrests for everyday use and unique to a particular group, one finds ritual seats decorated with symbolic representations, ceremonial stools and the partly European-inspired chairs of the heads of families, tribal princes and kings. Drawing on over 170 examples, this book offers a survey of the seats of sub-Saharan Africa, an integral part of a traditional culture that is already disappearing. The various essays by noted ethnologists address the cultural histories and aesthetics of African seats and other objects, as well as their regional characteristics. In addition, there is a wealth of photographic evidence documenting the use of seats and their original contexts, both past and present.

Antiquariaat A. Kok & Zn. B.V.(NVvA/ILAB)Professional seller

Book number: 244307

Keywords: African Art Furniture Africa Chair Afrikaanse kunst Meubels Afrika Stoelen