Beckwith, Carol and Marion van Offelen

Nomads of Niger (Signed)

New York, Harry N Abrams, 1983. Hardcover. brown boards w/ debossed printed design; black spine printing. 224 pgs w/ color illustrations. glossy pictorial dustjacket. Beautiful images of the landscapes, customs and people of the Wodaabe tribes. Cover flyleaf is inscribed by Carol Beckwith along with her drawings of "Zebu" cow herd. VG. wear to lower covers; each indented. some fraying to cloth. pgs edge-toned/tanned. dustjacket has light scratches & scuffs; spot of soiling to flap.

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Buchzahl: 180871

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: Carol Beckwith, African History, Niger ; Carol Beckwith, African History, Niger ; ;

Burssens, Herman

Yanda-Beelden En Mani-Sekte Bij de Azande (Centraal-Afrika), 2 Volumes

Belgium, [Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika], 1962. Paperback. Two volumes bound in blue wraps with black lettering. Volume 1 is 231 pp, bw illustrations and fold out map. Volume 2 is XLVIII pages of bw plates. Text in Dutch with a summary in French. Includes bibliographical references (v. 1, pages 208-212). Good+ (fading and light shelfwear to wraps. Foxing spots to block. Pages are otherwise clean.) .

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Buchzahl: 186248

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: General Art- African ; African Sculpture ; ; General Art- African

Burssens, Herman

Yanda-Beelden En Mani-Sekte Bij de Azande (Centraal-Afrika), Volume 2

Belgium, [Koninklijk Museum voor Midden-Afrika], 1962. Paperback. Dark grey wraps. XLVIII pages of bw plates. Good+ (fading and light shelfwear to wraps. Foxing spots to block. Pages are otherwise clean.) .

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Buchzahl: 190286

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: General Art- African ; African Sculpture ; ; General Art- African

Cornet, Joseph Aurelien

Art de L'Afrique Noire, Au Pays Du Fleuve Zaïre

Bruxelles, Arcade, 1972. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, glossy black dust jacket with color illustration and red and white lettering, color frontispiece, 371 pp, profusely illustrated with 103 full color plates and many bw. Issued in original brown cloth boards slipcase. Préface de J.D. Mobutu. Text in French. VG+ .

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Buchzahl: 175669

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: General Art- African ; Congo Art ; ; General Art- African

Krens, Thomas and Kwame Anthony Appiah, et al.

Africa: The Art of a Continent, 100 Works of Power and Beauty

New York, Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Hardcover. blue cloth boards w/ debossed printing. 191 w/ color and bw illustrations. glossy white & illustrated dustjacket. Inspired by a landmark exhibition of art on view at the Guggenheim Museum, this book provides an accessible overview to one of the world's great art traditions. Africa is the birthplace of human civilization, and produced some of humankind's earliest art objects. This book presents masterworks organized into seven geographical areas - Ancient Egypt and Nubia, eastern Africa, southern Africa, central Africa, western Africa and the Guinea Coast, Sahel and Savanna, and Northern Africa. Spectacular sculptures in wood, bronze, and stone provide stunning proof of the aesthetic strength of African traditions, even in the case of utilitarian works that were not made to be "art". In some cases, the very concept of art was foreign to their makers, as Kwame Anthony Appiah explains in his essay. In an epic overview of Africa's earliest history, Ekpo Eyo makes a strong case for dispensing with the popular misconception that northern Africa, Northwestern Africa and Egypt - is somehow not an integral part of the African continent. Peter Mark addresses the religious and cultural interaction between northern and sub-Saharan Africa during the spread of Islam and Christianity. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. explores the reception of African art in the West in the early part of this century, outlining how these works - like most everything from Africa - provoked "a certain anxiety" in the Western imagination. Suzanne Preston Blier elucidates the myths surrounding the art of Africa. And an international team of scholars explores the significance of each of the objects reproduced. The volume is rounded off with a selected bibliography.--Jacket. VG+. smudges to title pg. pgs edge-toned. clean interior. dustjacket has scuffs & scratches; light spots of soiling.

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Buchzahl: 181647

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: African Art, Art of Africa ; African Art, Art of Africa ; ;

Lepage, P. -C

La Decoration Primitive Afrique: Afrique - Volume 1

Paris, Librairie des Arts Decoratifs, 1922. Hardcover. Gray paper over boards portfolio with white lettering; tan cloth spine and ribbon closure; red and black lettering with black and white illustration on title page; 8 pp followed by 42 plates in bw and color. Text is in French. Includes a preface and a descriptive table. This is volume 1 only. Good+ (light shelfwear to boards, foxing spots to title half page, writing inside front cover, stamp on each page "Societe pour la Fabrication de Rubans". Light age toning and light foxing spots. Plates are otherwise clear.) .

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Buchzahl: 188193

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: General African Art ; Primitive African Art ; ; General African Art

Vatsyayan, Kapila and Bettina Baumer

Kalatattvakosa: A Lexicon of Fundamental Concepts of the Indian Arts

New Deli, Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts / Motilal Banarsidass Publishers PVT. LTD, 1988. Hardcover. copper cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. illustrated pastedowns & flyleafs. 189 pgs. copper dustjacket w/ yellowing tiling & printing. Pages clean. VG. scratches & worn scuffs to cloth covers; seam-like binding imperfection to cloth on front cover. dustjacket spine sunned; edge-wear & scuffs.

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Buchzahl: 178328

Katalog: General Art - African

Sonstige Stichworte: India; Indian Arts; Lexicon of India Arts ; India, Indian Arts, Lexicon of Indian Arts ; ;