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Visions and Models: African Sculpture from the Justin and Elisabeth Lang Collection
Softcover. Black ill. wraps. ix, 70 pp. 64 bw plates. Essay by Jacqueline Fry, along with lavish illustrations. More
Yoruba: Visions of Africa Series
Milan: 5 Continents, 2012. Paperback. Glossy white/color-illus. wraps; black lettering. 150 pp. with color and bw images. Art features prominently in the culture of the Yoruba, a people numbering more than 25 million and subdivided into different kingdoms in Nigeria and adjacent regions. It both enriches life and is used..... More
African Art
New York: Golden Press, 1968. Hardcover. Bright red cloth/boards with gilt lettering. Color-illus. dj with white lettering. 454 pp. with 91 clor plates, 359 bw plates, 11 duotone drawings, including 6 maps at rear (one fold-out). From the series The Arts of Mankind, edited by Andre Malraux and Andre Parrot..... More
The Mande Blacksmiths: Knowledge, Power, and Art in West Africa
Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1988. Hardbound. Tannish brown cloth with yellowish dustjacket. xxiv, [4], 241 pp.8 color and 77 bw plates. In addition to extensive text, there is a lengthy notes section for each chapter; bibliography, extensive index. More
Art of Africa, Oceania, & The Americas
New York: Sotheby's, 2017. Paperback. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 208 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Date of Sale: May 15, 2017. Sale Code: NO9619. Includes price list. More
Living in Morocco = Vivre au Maroc
Köln (Cologne), Germany: Taschen, 2003. Hardcover. Dark blue boards, dark blue and color illus. dust jacket, illus. flyleaves, 278 pp., profusely illus. in color. Text is in English, French, and German. Offers an "eclectic selection of homes that demonstrate all that is most wonderful about Moroccan style." (dj) Highly illustrated..... More
Stili del potere: Antiche sculture in pietra dalla Sierra Leone e dalla Guinea
Milano (Milan), Italy: Electa, 1989. Softcover. White wraps, brown & illus. dust jacket, 136 pp., many BW illus. Text is in Italian and English. Considers a variety of ancient African stone carvings from Sierra Leone and Guinea. With many BW illustrations. Uncommon. More
Baule: African Art, Western Eyes
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1997. Softbound. Green & color illus. wraps. 312 pp. Profusely illustrated in color; weighs 4 lbs. Accompanied a traveling exhibition of pieces from the Baule ethnic group of the Ivory Coast. From the author's introduction: "My Baule friends and neighbors do not recognize..... More
Pieces of Time: An anthology of articles on Zimbabwe's stone sculpture published in The Herald and Zimbabwe Mirror 1999 - 2000
Gweru, Zimbabwe: Mambo Press, 2004. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 218 pp.; Approx. 20 bw figures. More
Cameroon: An Exhibition of African Art from the Collection of William & Robert Arnett
Charlotte, NC: The Mint Museum, 1977. Softcover. White pictorial wraps with dusty rose lettering; 72 pp. with 119 bw illustrations. Includes a map of the tribes in the different regions of Cameroon, and essay about the country in general, and information about the different regions and the the representative arts..... More
Designs for Living: Symbolic Communication in African Art
Cambridge, Mass. Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, 1982. Softcover. Blue & black & color illus. wraps, 143 pp., 99 BW illus. "Artists, connoisseurs, and collectors have appreciated sculpture from black Africa since the early 20th century, but only in recent decades has its context been studied systematically..... More
African Sculpture from the Tara Collection Exhibited By Mr. & Mrs. J. W. Gillon
University of Notre Dame, 1971. Softbound. White illustrated wraps. 60 pp., very well illustrated. Catalogue lists 86 items within 6 categories: Riders and Their Mounts; Witchcraft, Fetishism, Increase; Emblems, Symbols, Insignia; Home and Work; Ancestors and Guardians; Masks and Headdresses. More
Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin: Winter 1955-56
Oberlin, Ohio: Oberlin College, 1955. Softcover. BW illus. stapled wraps; 63 pp. plus 85 pp. of plates; 85 bw plates. Mainly covers an exhibition of African Art held from February 6 - March 6, 1966; Includes "The Study of African Art" by William Fagg; Also included is a schedule of..... More
African Miniatures: Goldweights of the Ashanti
New York: Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, 1967. Hardcover. Black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Off-white dust jacket with brown and black lettering, color illustrations. 26 pp + 166 BW plates. "In the illustrations of 165 weights, the book presents a representative cross-section of the forms employed. The plates reproduce..... More
Arts Sauvages: Encyclopedie Essentielle
Paris: Robert Delpire, 1957. Hardcover. Laminated boards. 103 + [3] pp. Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Text is in French. More
African Sculpture
The International Exhibitions Foundation, 1970. Softcover. Blue wraps with sculpture illustration on front cover; 156 pp. with 193 catalogue illustrations in bw and color. Includes a special section on masks. More
Art of Ethiopia
London: Sam Fogg, 2005. Softcover. Black pictorial wraps; 128 pp. with 48 color plates, some with various views;. The unique character of Ethiopian art is the legacy of its situation high in the mountains, on the Horn of Africa. Though remote and often isolated, it evolved a traditoin in response..... More
Fusion: West African Art at The Venice Biennale
The Museum for African Art, 1993. Softbound. Color pictorial wraps. 96 pp., profusely illustrated in color. Published in conjunction with an exhibition at the Museum for African Art, New York. Includes: Moustapha Dime, Tamesir Dia, Mor Faye, Ouattara, and Gerard Santoni. 4 of these artists are interviewed, following McEvilley's essay..... More
African Beadwork: Traditional Symbols
New York: Tambaran Gallery, 1991. Softcover. Black wraps, 54 pp., 24 color plates. Features 24 full-color examples of beadwork rendered by African crafters. With an introduction by Carolyn Owerka. Nice! More
African Ritual Dolls
Philadelphia: The University Museum and the Anko Foundation, 1974. Paperback. White pictorial wraps with black lettering; unpaginated with 68 pp. and color and bw photographs throughout. Photographs by William Kohler. 114 pieces are listed in the back of the catalogue. With an introductory essay by Rodrigues. Illustrations are numbered by..... More
Woman Eternal: The Female Image in African Art
New York, NY: Tambaran Gallery, 1991. Paperback. Black & color illus. wraps, 58 pp., 26 color illus. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition of 26 African sculptures that depict women figures. With an introductory essay by Allen Wardwell, followed by the illustrated and annotated catalog of all 26 pieces. Includes..... More
Earth, Fire, and Spirit: African Pottery and Sculpture
Charlotte, North Carolina: Mint Museum of Art, 1998. Softcover. Black pictorial stapled wraps; 32 pp.; Profusely illustrated in bw and color. Accompanied a 1998/99 exhibition at the Mint Museum of Art featuring pottery and sculpture mostly from Nigeria, Ghana, and Mali; Twenty-three works listed. More
New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka Group
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997. Hardcover. Navy cloth, pictorial DJ. xvii, 302 pp. In-depth study of seven selected artists of the Nsukka group, including Uche Okeke, Chike Aniakor, Obiora Udechukwu, El Anatsui, Tayo Adenaike, Ada Udechukwu, and Olu Oguibe. More
Art in Cameroon: Sculptural Dialogues (Constellations: Studies in African Art)
Purchase, NY: Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 2011. Softcover. Black & illus. stapled wraps, French flaps, 40 pp., 30+ BW & color illus. Series: Constellations: Studies in African Art. Issued in conjunction with a 2011 exhibition. With an essay by Christraud M. Geary, and a catalog of 30 art..... More