Primitivism in 20th Century Art: Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern (2 vols)

New York: Museum of Modern Art, in conjuction with the Detroit Institute of Arts, MI, and the Dallas Museum of Art, TX, 1984. Paperback. Grey cloth boards, black glossy dj with color illus. [xvi] 689 pp. 378 bw ills., 709 bw ill. In matching grey cloth board slipcase. VG-/Good- (Wraps are lightly edgeworn; textblock is lightly edgeworn; interior is clean; binding is solid; slipcase is toned/edgeworn/scuffed and smudged, but holdin.). Item #195369
ISBN: 9780870705342

THIS ITEM IS HEAVY AND WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING. Explores the influence of African tribal arts on modern art and artists. Illustrations juxtapose specific works of tribal artists with those of modern masterworks by artists such as Gauguin, Matisse, Picasso, Brancusi, Leger, Klee, Giacometti, Henry Moore and others. Essays by renowned art historians and scholars including Kirk Varnedoe, William Rubin, Rosalind Krauss, Christian F. Feest, Philippe Peltier, Jean-Louis Paudrat, Jack D. Flam, Sidney Geist, Donald E. Gordon, Ezio Bassani, Alan G. Wilkinson, Gail Levin, Laura Rosenstock, Jean Laude, and Evan Maurer.

OCLC: 11213990

Price: $40.00

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