African Textiles and Decorative Arts
New York, New York: Museum of Modern Art, 1972. Softcover. Brownish color illustrated wraps. 240 pp., 244 illustrations, with 40 in color. G+. Wear and creasing to bottom corner of cover. Cracking and wear at spine with small piece missing. Contents clean and tight. Item #128921.1
ISBN: 9780870702280
Issued in connection with the exhibition to be held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, Oct. 11, 1972-Jan. 31, 1973, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, March 20-May 31, 1973, the M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, July 2-Aug. 31, 1973, and the Cleveland Museum of Art, Oct 3-Dec. 2, 1973. "This book is the most comprehensive pictorial survey available of the African arts of textile design and personal adornment. The textiles and ornaments presented in this volume were selected from more than 2400 examples photographed in some seventy public and private collections in North America. Included are pictures of costumes, headdresses and hair styles, jewelry and personal utensils, and decorative scarification and painting of the body." - World Cat Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238).
OCLC: 524349
Price: $20.00