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  • INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART by De Rachewiltz, Boris.
    De Rachewiltz, Boris.
    INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ART

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: New American Library - NAL, (1966.) dj. Hardcover first edition - A comprehensive introduction to all types of tribal art from all of Black Africa - including wooden sculpture, initiation masks, ivories, and miniatures in gold and bronze - one which focuses on the meaning of the art. Illustrated with more than 90 plates, some in full color. Translated from the Italian by Peter Whigham. xx, 200 pp.

    Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (some toning to the dj.)

    Book ID: 47910
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  • Ebersole, Robert.
    BLACK PAGODA.

    Edition: First printing.

    Gainesville: University Of Florida Press, 1957. dj. Hardcover first edition - A study of the Orissan Hindu temples which began in the 8th century and culminated in the Temple of the Sun completed in the 13th century. After seven centuries the ruins of the Black Pagoda still stand in eastern India, and this book contains many photographs of the temple and of details of the sculpture which adorns the entire surface. Large format. Notes, bibliography, 105 pp.

    Condition: Fine in a good only dustjacket (chips to dj, price-clipped.)

    Book ID: 46306
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  • WOLFGANG LAIB: Kunstmuseum Bonn - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - 1992-93 Exhibition Catalogue. by [Laib, Wolfgang] Klaus Schrenk, Donald Kuspit, and Kerry Brougher, essays; foreword by Richard Koshalek.
    [Laib, Wolfgang] Klaus Schrenk, Donald Kuspit, and Kerry Brougher, essays; foreword by Richard Koshalek.
    WOLFGANG LAIB: Kunstmuseum Bonn - Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles - 1992-93 Exhibition Catalogue.

    Edition: First edition.

    Bonn & Los Angeles: Kunstmuseum Bonn - Museum of Contemporary Art, (1992) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Catalogue for the 1992-93 exhibitions in Bonn and Los Angeles. Includes three essays on the work of Laib, plus 51 full-color plates. SIGNED by Laib on the title page. Bilingual edition with the text in German and English. Includes a biography, listings of solo and group exhibitions, and selected bibliography. Large square format. 145 pp. ISBN: 3-893225161.

    Condition: Very near fine in a like dustjacket.

    Book ID: 75080
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  • THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture. by Seidelman, Harold and James Turner.
    Seidelman, Harold and James Turner.
    THE INUIT IMAGINATION: Arctic Myth and Sculpture.

    Edition: 1st trade paperback printing.

    Vancouver & Toronto / Seattle: Douglas & McIntyre / University of Washington Press, (2001.). First edition - Beautiful large format trade paperback illustrated throughout with 173 color photographs of artistically crafted Inuit sculptures, both traditional and modern. This is the first book to combine the traditional Arctic and Inuit stories and myths - origin stories, tales of great hunters, and more - with contemporary sculptures and statues. References, bibliography, index of artists and index. Printed on heavy glossy stock throughout. 224 pp. ISBN: 0-295-981415.

    Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

    Book ID: 51407
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  • ALAN SHEPP: THE LANGUAGE OF STONE. by [Shepp, Alan] Jo Farb Hernandez, curator. Essays by Mark Levy and Phyllis Tuchman
    [Shepp, Alan] Jo Farb Hernandez, curator. Essays by Mark Levy and Phyllis Tuchman
    ALAN SHEPP: THE LANGUAGE OF STONE.

    Edition: First printing in wrappers.

    Monterey, CA: Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art, 1991. First edition - Catalogue for November 1, 1991-February 2, 1991 exhibition at the Monterey Peninsula Museum of Art curated and with an introduction by Jo Farb Hernandez, who notes that Shepp created some new pieces specifically for this installation. Essays by Mark Levy and Phyllis Tuchman. 36pp. Includes exhibition checklist and history. Illustrated with both full color and black and white photographs of indoor and outdoor installed sculpture works. Slightly oversized format, 36 pp.

    Condition: Fine in plain white inner wrappers, with stone illustrated wrappers with oversized self flaps.

    Book ID: 82238
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