African Art from Design Books

Rotterdam, 2004. This is a very good softcover copy with one library handstamp on the second page. Otherwise completely clean and free of marks. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam from May 15 to September 5, 2004. Illustrated throughout in color. Essays by Manthia Diawara, Jaap Guldemond, Gabriele Mackert, John… Read more about this item

Zurich: Galarie Watu , 2001. This is a fine hardcover copy with almost no wear bound in a white plastic ring binder. Completely clean. This catalog is an attempt to classify the Yoruba twin figures known as Ibeji statuettes. Illustrated throughout in color with photographs of the Ibeji statuettes. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 26 text pages + maps… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby's, 2013. This is a near fine softcover copy of this two volume set with almost no wear. Just light cover wear to volume 1. Completely clean. These are sale catalogs for auctions held at Sotheby's New York. Volume 1: sale code "N09040", auction date November 15, 2013. Volume 2: sale code N09224, auction date May 16, 2014.… Read more about this item

New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art, 2019. This is a near fine softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean. This monograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition at the New Museum in New York from June 26 to October 6, 2019. Catalog edited by Natalie Bell. Texts by Bell, Jexxica Bell Brown, Fred Moten and the artist. Illustrated… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby's, 2014. This is an about very good softcover copy. Completely clean inside and out. Heel of spine bumped, this is not visible internally. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's New York on November 11, 2014. Sale number: NO9225 " CURTIS". The sale consisted of the lifetime collection of African art assembled… Read more about this item

Paris: Christie's, 2010. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in French and English. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Paris on December 1, 2010. Sale code: TICINO- 5618. The sale consisted of 6 masterpieces of African art from the collection of Isidor Kahane. Six lots in the… Read more about this item

Bologna, Italy: Calderini , 1977. This is a very good hardcover copy without dust jacket as issued, with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in ITALIAN. 591 African objects in Italian museums catalogued and illustrated, most in black & white, some color. Bibliography. Uncommon. 11" high X 7" wide, 131 pages. Heavy book, foreign shipping will be… Read more about this item

Cape Town, South Africa: Athi-Patra Ruga / WHATIFTHEWORLD Gallery, 2013. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. The spine is not creased. Essays by Linda Stupart, Fiona Siegenthaler, Anthea Buys, Koyo Kouoh, Sandrine Micosse and Josgua Kwesi Aikins. Illustrated throughout in color. Exhibition history. 12" high X 8" wide, 114 pages. This book… Read more about this item

New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1994. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with no wear at all. Completely clean. The Colette and Jean Pierre Ghysels Collection consists of masterpieces from Africa, the Arab world, India, Central and Southeast Asia, the Pacific Islands. Illustrated throughout in color.There are about 400 color high quality photographs taken by… Read more about this item

Pretoria, South Africa : J.L Van Schaik, 1967. This is a very good hardcover copy in the publisher's original gray printed boards with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Faint offsetting to endpapers. Tiny abrasions to top edges of a few pages. No marks to text. 9" high X 6" wide, 215 pages. This book will be… Read more about this item

Cape Town, South Africa : Stevenson and Marianne Boesky Gallery, 2015. This is a near fine softcover copy with virtually no wear. Completely clean. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Cape Town, South Africa and in New York in 2015. Essay by Allie Biswas. Johannesburg-based artist Serge Alain Nitegeka (1983- ) works in painting and sculpture… Read more about this item

Museum of Fine Arts Houston, 2002. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text block page edges just starting to yellow a bit. This monograph was prepared to document the important collection of Akan gold objects that was donated to the Houston Museum of Fine Arts by Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.… Read more about this item

Paris: Editions Dapper, 1997. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear: a vertical crease line running the length of the spine, but binding firm and tight. No other flaws. Completely clean. Text in French. This catalog was prepared to accompany the important exhibition at the Musee Dapper in Paris. Illustrated with numerous color plates, black &… Read more about this item

Paris/Dakar : Editions Fernand Nathan / Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines , 1984. This is a fine hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Illustrated throughout in color with many color plates. Bibliography. 12" high X 9" wide, 107 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed… Read more about this item

New Hyde Park, NY : University Books , 1968. This is a very good two volume hardcover set (complete), in very good dust jackets with just light wear, spines sunned. Very clean inside and out. This is the 1968 reprint of the classic of African ethnography on the Ila speaking peoples, first published in 1920. Illustrated throughout in black &… Read more about this item

London: Pindar Press, 1989. This is a fine hardcover copy in a near ine dust jacket with virtually no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Record of the Proceedings of the First International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art sponsored by the Royal Asiatic Society. Held at the Warburg Institute of the University of London, October 21 and 22,… Read more about this item

Addis Ababa : Gudina Tumsa Foundation, 1997. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text by Claude Summer. 13 full page illustrations in color by Lemma Guya. 12" high X 8" wide, 39 pages. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy… Read more about this item

Dakar: Les Nouvelles Editions Africaines , 1981. This is an about very good hardcover copy with light wear. Signed and inscribed by Fatou Ndiaye Sow in ink in French on the title-page under her printed name, and dated 1997. Some tan spotting to endpapers and a few pages. Not objectionable. Illustrated in color by Djibathen Sambou. 11" high X 8"… Read more about this item

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby Parke Bernet in New York on April 22, 1980. Sale number: 4363. The sale consisted of African and Oceanic art from various collections including the Metropolitan Museum… Read more about this item

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1994. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dustjacket with just light cover wear. This copy has been signed and inscribed by the collectors Colette and Jean-Pierre Ghysels on the front endpaper. This book is a presentation of their collection of ethnic jewelry from all over the world. Illustrated… Read more about this item