SCULPTOR'S EYE: THE AFRICAN ART COLLECTION OF MR. AND MRS. CHAIM GROSS
1976. Softbound. Illustrated wraps. 80 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. 70 works are listed, illustrated and annotated. More
1976. Softbound. Illustrated wraps. 80 pp. Profusely illustrated in bw. 70 works are listed, illustrated and annotated. More
New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1966. Softcover. Brown illustrated wraps. Unpaginated. BW illustrations. Majority of 115 works in the catalogue are African, but the collection also includes Melanesian, Polynesian, and works from Greece and the Near East. More
Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2001. Softcover. Color-illus., glossy wraps with yellow lettering on black spine. 331 pp. with color plates throughout. Catalogue of African and Oceanic art in the collection of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Divided into a section for each continent, both sections include a map, introductory essay, and..... More
New York: The Center for African Art, 1988. Softcover. Red illustrated wraps. 64 pp. BW illustrations. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition highlighting nine different collectors of African art. With an essay consisting of two personal viewpoints by Robert and Nancy Nooter, and many full-page BW illustrations of the pieces..... More
New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc., 1966. Softbound. Paper covers over xeroxed pages, [12] 250pp, profuse BW illustrations. THIS IS A XEROX COPY OF THE ORIGINAL CATALOGUES. Bound simply, wityh handwritten title on cardstock cover. Many prices are written in. Each catalog listing is well annotated and some contain historical background..... More
Amherst, Massachusetts: Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, 1998. Softcover. White & brown & illus. stapled wraps, 43 pp., 59 BW and color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 1998 exhibition of works from this collection of art from Central and Western Africa. With an illustrated essay by John Pemberton III..... More
London: Hutchinson & Co Limited, 1976. Hardcover. Navy blue cloth, white & color illus. dust jacket, 486 pp., many BW illus. Documentation of "the least known and least published of the great English ethnographical collections" of the 20th century, "and the last one to remain in private hands." (dj) Covers..... More
Paris: Guy Loudmer, Herve Poulain, Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, 1972. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; approx. 50 pages.; numerous black and white photos. Contains an insert, supplement of 4 pages folded, illustrated. Text in French. Auction catalogue for a sale listing 132 items, many illustrated. Includes masks, statuary, and ceremonial items..... More
Paris: Guy Loudmer, Herve Poulain, Pierre Cornette de Saint-Cyr, 1973. Softcover. Black and white illus. wraps; approx. 50 pages; numerous black and white photos. Contains an insert, supplement of 12 pages stapled and illustrated. Text in French. Auction catalogue for a sale at the Hotel Drouot listing 182 items, many..... More
Peoria, IL: Lakeview Center for the Arts and Sciences, 1973. Softbound. Blue wraps with bw illustration. 89 pp, staple bound. 169 bw illustrations. Exhibition catalogue lists 218 items. More
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet & Co., 1983. Hardcover. Olive green paper/boards; gilt lettering. 96 + 8 pp. Hammer price list in back. 93 color and bw illlus. Catalogue from the auction of the collection, held June 27, 1983 in London. 93 items pictured in color/bw from all over the African..... More
Athens, GA: Georgia Museum of Art, The University of Georgia, 1990. Softcover. White ill. stapled wraps. 40 pp. 31 bw plates. Exhibition January 27 to March 4, 1990. 750 copies of the catalogue were printed. More
Baltimore, Maryland: Walters Art Gallery, 1946. Hardcover. blue cloth boards. book v, 187 pgs w/ 119 pgs of bw plates. Pages have occasional instance of smudge or errant mark, otherwise clean. A rebinding copy or suitable for the researcher. From the library of the Walters Art Gallery. More
New York: Center for African Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Softcover. White & color illustrated wraps (paperback). 168 pp. BW and color plates. Issued in conjunction with the 1984-1985 inaugeral exhibition for The Center for African Art. Showcases 100 pieces and includes large illustrations as well as smaller ones..... More
Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1974. Hardbound. Black cloth with color glossy dustjacket; 275 pp.; Over 300 color and bw plates and figures. Accompanied the traveling exhibition "African Art in Motion"; Foreword by J. Carter Brown and Gerald Nordland; Includes a collector's note; Features many fine examples of..... More
Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1974. Softcover. Color pictorial wraps; 275 pp.; Over 300 color and bw plates and figures. Accompanied the traveling exhibition "African Art in Motion"; Foreword by J. Carter Brown and Gerald Nordland; Includes a collector's note; Features many fine examples of African art from..... More
New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 256 pp.; Over 150 color and bw figures. Accompanied an exhibition of the Tishman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art;150 items listed with annotations; Glossary of terms provided. More
Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Hardcover. Off white cloth. Black illustrated dust jacket. 607 pp. BW plates. Broad photographic survey of 1600 objects. More
Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1957. Paperback. Red stapled wraps with black lettering and design. 12 pp. with 4 bw images. Brochure to accompany the exhibition of the Wielgus' collection of African art, held in Chicago from April - June 1957. With an introduction by Alan Sawyer and the..... More
Toronto, Canada: Art Gallery of Ontario / Musee des beaux-arts de l'Ontario, 1981. Softcover. Black illustrated wraps. 152 pp. BW and color plates. More
Jerusalem: Bezalel National Museum, 1960. Softcover. Tan, stapled pictorial wraps with green lettering; [52] with 32 works illustrated in bw. Texts provided in English and Hebrew; Accompanied an exhibition at the Bezalel National Museum, Jerusalem, held August to October 1960, which featured pieces from the Sudan, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone..... More
New York, New York: Sotheby's, 1990. Hardcover. Black cloth over boards; Color pictorial dj.; Unpaginated, approx. 250 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color photos. From the auction held April 21, 1990; 431 items listed with annotations; Includes masks, sculpture, instruments, and more from Guinea, Sierra Leone, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast..... More