Art in Nigeria 1960
London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1960. Softcover. Bw wraps. Unpaginated. 75 bw illus. More
London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1960. Softcover. Bw wraps. Unpaginated. 75 bw illus. More
Bayreuth: IWALEWA House, 1991. Softcover. Black wraps with color image and white lettering. 91 pp. with mostly bw images. French flaps. The tale of artists, art and culture of the colorful Yoruba town of Oshogbo. An engaging book to read an a visual feast. Full of unusual information and with..... More
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1980. Softcover. Glossy turquoise wraps with color front cover and black lettering; 96 pp. with 101 illustrations, 48 in color. Includes errata sheet, set in; a study of how the art of Benin emerged, how the social, political and religious innovations of each major king..... More
Boulogne, France: Art 135, [1987]. Hardcover. Black cloth, black stiff paper slipcase with paper illus. title sheet, 319 pp., 300 plates, mostly in BW with some color, plus detached map, weighs 6 lbs. #1426 of the deluxe edition of 2000. Part of the "Rediscovered Masterpieces" series. Includes examples of terra..... More
Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, 2011. Softcover. Brown & gray & illus. wraps, 312 pp., BW illus. A collection of 13 essays depicting actual museum experiences as examples, considering "the art museum as a lens for understanding the shifting visions of African art that are manifested in institutional..... More
Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1977. Paperback. Red stapled wraps; black lettering. 42 pp. with occasional bw images and several charts. Nos. 2/3 in the series Working Papers in the Traditional Arts, edited by Paula Ben-Amos. The series was a forum for the exchange of ideas about..... More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980. Softcover. White pictorial wraps with black lettering; 190 pp. with 82 bw illustrations. With three chapters devoted to the ways in which Islam influenced much of West Africa, followed by the main part of the book, which discusses the strength and flexibility of West African..... More
New York: The African-American Institute, 1982. Softcover. Color-pictorial wraps; 160 pp. with images in bw (and a few in color) throughout the book, numbered by section. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the African American-Institute (October 1982 - January 1983), Institute for the Arts, Houston (February to April 1983), and..... More
Purchase, New York: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, 2004. Softcover. Color pictorial stapled wraps; 24 pp.; 1 bw map; 15 color figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name; Includes essays by Barbara Winston Blackmun ("Reassessment of a Power Figure from Benin") and Stefan..... More
Greenwich, Conn. Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1999. Softcover. White & ilus. wraps, 48 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition that includes a variety of American sculptures. With accompanying essay by Allen Wardwell. More
Greenwich, Conn. Bruce Museum of Arts and Sciences, 1999. Softcover. White & ilus. wraps, 48 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1999 exhibition that includes a variety of American sculptures. With accompanying essay by Allen Wardwell. More
1998. Softcover. Color wraps. 191 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. A 25-page introduction by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev precedes the following chapters: Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris; Monument; Mine; Sobriety, Obesity & Growing Old; Woyzeck on the Highveld; Felix in Exile; Faustus in Africa!; History of the Main Complaint; Ubu..... More
nd. Softcover. Silver ill. wraps. Unpaginated. Numerous bw plates. Text in Hungarian and English. More
Madrid, Spain: GRAFUR, 1994. Hardcover. Clay cloth, black DJ. 94 pp. Numerous color plates. Text in Spanish (Meriem Mezian: Paintings). More
Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1996. Color wraps. 124 pp. Profuse color plates. More
1970. Softcover. White stapled wraps. Unpaginated. Profuse bw ills. Foreword by Matthys Bokhorst, Introduction by Bruce Arnott. Text in English and Afrikanns. Lavishly illustrated. More
London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1967. Hardcover. Fawn cloth/boards; green title block on spine; gilt lettering. Color-illus. white dust jacket with black lettering. Map end papers. 172 pp. with 128 bw images. From the dust jacket: The survival of the traditional arts of Africa has been jeopardized by the rapid developments that..... More
Indianapolis Museum of Art, 1996. First Edition. Softcover. Yellow/black wraps. 134 pp. 96 color & bw plates. Includes a checklist of 175 works, which accompany extensive essays and excellent illustrations. More
Milan: 5 Continents, 2013. Paperback. White and illustrated wraps with black lettering. 147 pp. BW and color illustrations, maps. Contents: Ancient precedents for twentieth-century arts: Igbo Ukwu -- Artists, gender, style, patronage, and materials -- Arts and the person -- Ikenga -- The gods are like people: figural sculpture and..... More
Amsterdam: Royal Tropical Institute (KIT), 2000. Softcover. Red wraps with color image and yellow/white lettering. 255 pp. with 48 bw figures. Text in English. "Tribal Art Traffic" traces the movements of hundreds of thousands of masks, statues, amulets, shields, pieces of cloth, utensils, and weapons from overseas tribal cultures to..... More
London: Phaidon, 1971. Hardcover. brown, cloth boards w/ illustrated dj. 365 pgs w/ color illustrations. dj edges have minor rubbing where plastic has worn. More
1988. Softbound. Blue and bw illustrated glossy wraps. 53 pages, 33 bw plates. Text is in English and French. More
New York: Pierre Matisse Gallery, 1960. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 63 pp. Numerous bw plates. Comprised of illustrations and Damase's essay. More
Vaduz, Liechtenstein: International Music and Art Foundation of Vaduz, Liechtenstein, 2006. Softcover. White illus. stapled wraps; 88 pp.; 52 color plates. Parallel text, English and French; Extensive annotations. More
New Orleans, La. The Davis Gallery, 1981. Softcover. White & BW illus. paper wraps, 75 pp., BW illus. An in-depth consideration of the use of animal representations in the art of the Bamana people of Mali and western Africa. With an introduction by Charles B. Davis, and many illustrations. This..... More