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 about African Sculpture: The Shape of Surprise
Munich: Prestel, 1994. Softcover. Black wraps. 135 pp. 125 color & bw plates. Catalogue for 1994-1995 exhibtion at Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Cleveland Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, and Seattle Art Museum. More about Benin: Royal Art of Africa from the Museum fur Volkerkunde, Vienna
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 about Tradition and Change in Yoruba Art
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 about ART/artifact: African Art in Anthropology Collections
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 about Beads, Body, and Soul: Art & Light in the Yoruba Universe
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 about Art et Liberte: Umbruch, Krieg und Surrealismus in Agypten (1938-1948
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 about Gold aus Afrika: Aus der Privatsammlung von Rene und Denise David, Zurich
Atlanta, Ga. Emory University Museum of Art and Archaeology, 1985. Softcover. Tan & color illus. stapled wraps, 48 pp., many BW illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 1985-1986 exhbiitions showcasing the asen, the monuments to the dead, of families living in Benin, West Africa. An illustrated essay by... More about Asen: Iron Altars of the Fon People of Benin
Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1998. Softcover. Color wraps. 191 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. A fabulous catalogue. Well-illustrated. More about Chokwe! Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples
San Francisco, CA: Bedford Arts Publishers, 1988. Softcover. Color illustrated glossy glued wraps. 224 pp., well-illustrated, many color. More about Society Of Six California Colorists
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 about Disguise: The Art of Attracting and Deflecting Attention
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 about The Art of Metal in Africa
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 about Africa Remix: L'Exposition / The Exhibition
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; Features 26 items with extensive annotations. More about Power Dressing: Men's Fashion and Prestige in Africa
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 about Kota : Digital Excavations in African Art : Pulitzer Arts Foundation
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 about Icons: Ideals and Power in the Art of Africa
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 about The Arts of Ghana
West Lafayette / Bloomington, Indiana: Purdue University Galleries, Deparment of Creative Arts / African Studies Program, Indiana University, 1983. Softcover. Brown pictorial stapled wraps; 40 pp.; 51 bw figures. Accompanied an exhibition featuring over fifty pieces of Zulu Art, including pottery, textiles, dolls, and more; Extensive text. More about The Geometric Vision: Arts of the Zulu
Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 2013. Softcover. Color-illus. wraps. 458 pp., many BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with a series of 2013-2015 exhibitions seeking connections of African art with that of African Americans across the Atlantic. "Immersing readers in Kongo history and culture, the contributors to [this... More about Kongo across the Waters
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 about At Home in Africa: Design, Beauty and Pleasing Irregularity in Domestic Settings
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 about Podai. Malerei aus Westafrika
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 about Chokwe and their Bantu Neighbours
Delft: Etnografisch Museum, 1960. Softcover. Glossy white wraps with bw illus. and black lettering. 36 pp. text followed by 44 bw plates; bw folding map at back. Catalogue from the exhibition of May to September 1960 at the Ethnographic Museum in Delft, Holland. Catalogue Nr. 2 published by the museum... More about Van Niger tot Limpopo: Negerkunst uit Afrika
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 about Africa Arte Negra: Pecas do Acervo do Instituto Fundamental da Africa Negra, Dacar - Senegal
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 about Byzantium: Faith and Power (1261 - 1557
