Greenvale, Long Island, New York: C.W. Post Art Gallery, 1980. Paperback. Orange and white stapled wraps with color illustration. 48 pp. 40 BW, 6 color illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition at C.W. Post Art Gallery School of the Arts, February 17-March 30, 1980. More
Paperback. Glossy BW-illustrated wraps with gold lettering. 189 pp. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from December 1989 to January 1992 at the Academia Nazionale di S. Luca, Roma, and two other locations through September 2, 1990. More
Sacramento, California: E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, 1974. Softbound. White & black & color illustrated wraps. Back flap. 79 pp. Illustrated in color and bw. Issued in conjunction with an exhibition intended to "give new insight into the ritual objects created by the Yoruba and to trace the continuity of..... More
Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1988. Softcover. Black & color pictorial wraps. 195 pp. Many color and some bw plates. Catalogue for the loan exhibtion organized by the Center for African Art which presents 160 objects of art and ethnography selected from three anthropology museums founded in the 1860s: Buffalo Museum of..... More
Cape Town: L'Association, 1948-1949. Softcover. Stapled wrap. [6] pages of plates, 32 pages : illustrations (some color). Text in French. Historical Paintings of South Africa from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 62 artists presented by a short biography, 12 works reproduced including 2 in color. Includes index. More
Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1998. Paperback. Orange paperback with black lettering, black spiral binding. 98 pp. Numerous BW illustrations. Contains 20 slides in protective sleeves. Title continues: A Curriculum Resource Unit. This book is meant as a classroom guide, with lessons for discussion and questions..... More
Paris: Editions Skira, 2016. Paperback. Color-illustrated wraps with yellow, red, and black lettering. 224 pp. Color and BW illustrations. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, July 15, 2017-October 15, 2017, Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 19, 2016-January 9, 2017, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina..... More
Linz, Austria: Neue Galerie der Stadt, 2001. Softcover. Black wraps, French flaps, 152 pp. 131 color plates. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2001 exhibition of Baule, Ashanti, and Akan goldwork, from the collection of Rene and Denise David. Also includes a sampling of Atie, Kulango, and..... More
New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1958. Softcover. black, yellow pictorial wraps. 30 unpaginated pgs w/ 53 bw illustrated items. Catalog of the Sixth exhibition held at the Museum of Primitive Art, Autumn 1958. Includes two pamphlets of approx 8-10 pgs, each, from The Museum Of Primitive Arts: The..... More
Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1998. Softcover. Color wraps. 191 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. A fabulous catalogue. Well-illustrated. More
San Francisco, CA: Bedford Arts Publishers, 1988. Softcover. Color illustrated glossy glued wraps. 224 pp., well-illustrated, many color. More
Woodstock, Cape Town, South Africa: Michael Stevenson, 2008. Softcover. Orange & illus. wraps, 144 pp., color illus. Issued in conjunction with a 2008 exhibition of artwork by 25 African artists. "Disguie has special relevance in Africa. The implications of outward appearance are amplified because of the historical significance of skin..... 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
Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2005. Paperback. Rainbow wraps with black, yellow, teal lettering. 59 pp. Profusely illustrated in color. Title continues: L'art contemporain d'un continent / Contemporary Art of a Continent. An exhibition held at Centre Georges Pompidou, Galerie 1, May 25-August 8, 2005. Parallel text in English and French. More
Newark, New Jersey: The Newark Museum, 2005. Softcover. White wraps with color illustration; 40 pp.; 40 color photos. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, which appeared October 19, 2005 - January 22, 2006 at the Newark Museum and April 2 - May 28, 2006 at the Parrish Art Museum;..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 2015. Hardcover. Dos-a-dos Z binding of plain grey boards and black cloth at both spine folds. Black lettering and line drawing. [36] pp. with bw line drawings and 2 tri-fold, 6-panel illustrated exhibition checklists. Catalogue from the exhibition held October 16, 2015-March 19, 2016..... More
Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art / Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989. Softcover. Black illustrated wraps. 208 pp., 200+ color and bw plates. "Cole discusses such diverse works as ancient rock paintings and engravings, archaeological bronzes and terra-cottas, wooden shrine sculptures, miniature metal castings, public monuments in clay or cement..... More
Los Angeles, Calif. Museum of Cultural History, University of California Los Angeles, 1977. Hardcover. Color pictorial boards. 230 pp. 401 BW figures, 20 color plates. Issued in conjunction with a 1977-1978 series of exhibitions of artwork from Ghana. Includes exampels of personal adornment, domestic and utilitarian arts, architecture, cult arts..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Galleries at Cleveland State University, 2014. Softcover. Brown and tan pictorial wraps, 286 pp., many color and BW illus., map. Issued in conjunction with a 2014 exhibition of domestic art objects crafted by Africans. Considers the genre by use and by tribe, ranging from the Akan to..... More
Düsseldorf, Germany: Museum Kunst Palast, 2003. Softcover. Red & white & illus. wraps, French flaps, 159 pp., color & BW illus. Text is in German. Issued in conjunction with a 2003-2004 exhibition of examples of Podai, an art form rendered by the women of the Loma people of Guinea. It..... More
Zurich, Switzerland: Jean David & Gerhard Merzeder, 2003. Hardcover. White & black & illus. boards, 131 pp., BW & color illus. Text is in English, French, and German. Issued in conjunction with several 2003 exhibitions of sculpture rendered by the Chokwe and Bantu people of Central Africa. More
Sao Paulo: Museu de Arte Arqueologia da Universidade de S. Paulo, 1969. Softcover. White stapled wraps with bw illus. and black lettering. 40 pp. with several bw illus.; bw fold-out map inside back cover. Text in Portuguese. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Brazil of black African works of art..... More
Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1991. Softcover. Beige illus. stapled wraps; 16 pp.; No illustrations. From a 1991 exhibition that featured illustrations found in early travel books about Africa, most of which were illustrated by European visitors. More
New York: Sotheby's, 2017. Softcover. Tan cardboard wraps with green lettering and a plain purple cloth spine, 126 pp, illustrations throughout, some color. "Born in 1930 in Omdurman, Sudan, Ibrahim El-Salahi’s life is one of art and social conscience intertwined. No one artist has been more instrumental in the development..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2004. Paperback. Color illustrated wraps; 680 pp.; 800+ color and bw plates and figures. Accompanied the exhibition of the same name, which explored "the artistic and cultural flowering of the last centuries of the 'Empire of the Romans' and its enduring heritage." (from the..... More
