Search Results: African Art from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

Munich: Prestel Verlag, 1988. Softcover. VG (With minor wear or few marks from previous gallery owner, or block slightly bent.). 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 Science, the Hampton University Museum (Virginia), and the American Museum of Natural History (New York City). The exhibit asks questions about the aesthetic and ethical challenges of the classifications of both African and modern art objects. Exhibition appeared at the Buffalo Museum of Science, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, The Henry Art Gallery of the University of Washington, the Cincinnati Art Museum, the Carnegie Institute, and the Denver Museum of Natural History.

Sao Paulo: Museu de Arte Arqueologia da Universidade de S. Paulo, 1969. Softcover. VG, clean, tight interior but with soiling to covers.. 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 from the collection of the institute in Dakar, Senegal. 423 items listed and described in brief. With an introduction by de Meneses and the catalogue and a brief commentary about it by Thiam. Two forewords as well, and a bibliography.

New York / Munich: The Center For African Art / Prestel-Verlag, 1988. Hardcover. VG- (scuffs & scratches to boards. light wear to corners. foxing to textblock edges w/ light remnants to pg edges; pgs clean. foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. dustjacket spine & edge sunned; scuffed & scratched w/ foxing). black cloth boards w/ silver spine printing. 255 pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. black & red dustjacket w/ illustration. Remains fairly tightly bound.

New York: Center for African Art, 1991. Paperback. VG but for small bookplate of prior owner inside front cover. Silver illus. glossy wraps with black lettering; 294 pp. with numerous illus., some in color. Includes sections on traditional and extinct art. A very thorough and well-illustrated volume covering numerous artists.

Paris: Centre Pompidou, 2005. Paperback. VG-. Some shelf wear on covers and page edgings, but overall clean and tight.. 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.

Guggenheim Museum, 1996. Softcover. VG (slight toning to top of pages). White wraps. 191 pp. profuse color and bw plates. Exhibition in London, England: Royal Academy of Arts. Oct. 4 , 1995 to Jan. 21, 1996, followed by showings at Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin and Guggenheim NY. This is the abbridged version of the catalogue.

London: Royal Academy of Arts / Prestel, 1995. Softcover. Good+ (VG, clean, tight contents but with light shelf wear and scuffing to covers; binding slightly cocked). Black ill. wraps with red lettering. 613 pp. profusely illustrated with color and bw plates, numbered by chapter. Heavy at 7 pounds and will require extra postage. Catalogue from the exhibition held at the Royal Academy October 1995 to January 1996. Covers the art of all of Africa, divided into geographic sections, with different authors for each. Introduction by Tom Phillips. This volume provides a global vision of the art of Africa through a host of colourful images of the finest known objects from the continent's cultural heritage. It examines African art geographically in a "grand tour" that divides the continent into seven areas. Beginning with ancient Egypt and Nubia, it moves down the eastern coast through Ethiopia and the Sudan - including the island of Madagascar - to Southern Africa, then up through the Congo and Central… Read More

NY: Center for African Art / Prestel, 1988. Paperback. VG (minor edgewear on the wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Black illustrated wraps. 255 pp. Color and bw plates. Catalogue for exhibition. An interesting and illuminating work of scholarship discussing the trade between African artists and European markets.

Brooklyn, N.Y.: Brooklyn Museum, 1978. Paperback. Good+ (Wraps are edgeworn, smudged and scuffed; notes might be present on endpapers; textblock edges are scuffed, smudged and foxed; textblock may be cracked; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Black wraps with white, green and red lettering; 143, 366 pp.; richly illustrated. Volume 1: The Essays; Volume 2: The Exhibition. These two volumes were created on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Brooklyn Museum, September 30 through December 31, 1978.

New York: G.K. Hall & Co, 1996. Hardcover. A clean copy, but binding is lightly cocked (still tight); fine arts ex-lib. copy with end paper stamps.. Green cloth/boards; gilt lettering. No dust jacket. xxviii, 378 pp. with no illustrations. This reference provides scholars with a current source for the names of specific African ethnic groups. The text is a comprehensive index of more than 2,500 names of ethnic groups taken from numerous sources including linguistic and ethnographic surveys of Africa, as well as from more than 100 major books and catalogues of African art. Its emphasis is on the art of sub-Saharan Africa, with the term art interpreted broadly to include ornamental design, architecture, textiles, and body adornment, in addition to the more traditional arts of masks and sculpture. Daniel Biebuyck introduces researchers to the wealth and variety of these groups and the proliferation of terms which have been applied to them over the centuries. In addition to compiling alternate names and… Read More

New York: Sotheby's, 2000. Paperback. VG. Color-illustrated and gray wraps with white lettering. 224 pp. Mainly color illustrations. Date of Sale: November 18 and 20, 2000. Sale Code: 7556 "PANGAEA

Washington, DC: National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution / Prestel, 2007. Hardcover. VG / VG. Reddish-tan paper over boards; Color pictorial dj.; xvii, 235 pp.; 180 color illustrations. Slightly heavy at 5 pounds and may require extra postage. Features over eighty items; Wonderfully illustrated, with extensive text. Published in conjunction with the Exhibition African Vision: the Walt Disney-Tishman African Art Collection, organized by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, February 15, 2007 - September 7, 2008.

New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1960. Hardcover. VG- (DJ. missing). Dark grey cloth over boards; 78 pp. plus plates; 1 color frontispiece, 76 bw plates. Includes textiles, basketry, beadwork, ivory carving, metalwork, pottery, and more; Close to 200 photos and extensive annotations.

Philadelphia: The University Museum, 1956. Paperback. VG- (Scuffing and light foxing to cover; title page is jagged at the top; pages are clean; binding is solid.). BW illus. wraps; 57 pp. plus 29 pp. of plates; 1 bw gatefold; 60 bw plates. Preface by Froelich Rainey; Accompanied an exhibiton held April to September 1956 at the University Museum; Includes errata.

New York, NY: Pace Primitive and Ancient Art, 1976. Softcover. VG (May have remainder of a sticker on front cover). Color pictorial wraps; 103 pp.; Profusely illustrated with mostly bw photos, a few color. From the exhibition held April 24 - May 29, 1976; Includes essay by Leon Siroto.

New York: Sotheby's, 2006. Paperback. VG- creasing to top front corner, light wear to edges, some scuffing to wraps.. Glossy color-illustrated wraps with white lettering. 188 pp. Color illustrations. Date of Sale: May 9, 2006. Sale Code: NO8199. Lots 1-232.

Yonkers, NY: Hudson River Musem, 1971. Paperback. VG- light wear to edges and corners. Brown softcover with black lettering. 34 unnumbered pages. Illustrations. Catalogue of an exhibition from April 24 to June 6, 1971.

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, 1976. Paperback. Good. Ex-lib. with stamp on price list and ink notation on title page.. Bw illustrated, stapled wraps with white lettering. Unpaginated with approx. 60 pp. Several bw images. List of prices realized stapled inside front cover. Auction catalogue from items sold from various collections, June 2, 1976. Daggers, breast ornaments, head vessels, erotic vessels, finials, knives, jugs, ornaments, decorative sculptures, etc., 153 works in all.

Lincoln, Massachusetts: De Cordova Museum, 1978. Softcover. G (some scuffing to wraps; Crease running down the front cover and first few pages near the spine; Four pages loose from binding but present; Two pages discolored by a newspaper clipping laid in). White pictorial wraps; Unpaginated, approx. 50 pp.; 34 bw figures. From an exhibition at the De Cordova Museum, in cooperation with the Peabody Museum at Harvard University, which featured sculpture, baskets, jewelry, textiles, and pottery from Africa.

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc, 1980. Paperback. Good but with general rubbing to spine area and covers.. Color-illustrated, stapled wraps with white lettering. Unpaginated with approx. 60 pp. Several bw images. List of prices realized stapled inside front cover. Auction catalogue from items sold from various collections, April 22, 1980. All kinds of carvings and more - statues, headdresses, belts, masks, etc., and much more. 143 works in all.