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.

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

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.

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: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. Paperback. Good+ with light general wear and art museum marks. endpapers may be foxed. Navy and silver wraps with cover illustration and silver lettering. 31 pp. with bw illus. throughout. With an introductory essay about the collection by Ernst Anspach. Catalogue of works from the collection, briefly described and pictured.

Bloomington and Indianapolis, Indiana: Indiana University Art Museum / Indiana University Press, 1988. Softcover. Fine internally but with art museum sticker on upper front cover and museum donation book plate inside front cover. Glossy, color-illus. black wraps with white lettering. 159 pp. with 67 bw catalogue entries. Catalogue from the exhibition held at 5 university museums in the US between September 1988 and December 1990. Includes a collectors' statement, essay on viewing African art, a map and key to ethnic African groups, the catalogue and more. Each work well-annotated.

Louisville, Kentucky: University of Louisville, 1966. Pamphlet. VG but with art museum stamp on front cover.. Glossy, bw tri-fold wraps with white lettering. 6 panels with 5 bw illus. Catalogue from the exhibition of December 1966. The works are listed in alpabetical order by collection name and, within that, by tribe. All works in the exhibition were made of wood. Collections represented included the Anita Glaze Collection, Indiana University Art Museum, Museum of Primitive Art (New York), and the Roy Sieber Collection. 25 works in all. With a brief essay by Joseph Polzer.

Atlanta, Georgia: High Museum of Art, 1973. Softcover. VG. BW illus. stapled wraps; 62 pp.; 59 bw plates. Overview of the Fred and Rita Richman Collection of African tribal art in the High Museum of Art; Includes pieces from several regions of Africa, including Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana, and Nigeria, among others; Extensive annotations.

New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. Softcover. VG-; some signs of shelf wear on cover. Clean and tight contents.. Navy and silver wraps with cover illustration and silver lettering. 31 pp. with bw illus. throughout. With an introductory essay about the collection by Ernst Anspach. Catalogue of works from the collection, briefly described and pictured.

Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. G+ (No dj; ex-library with few marks and labels; spine is loosening and is still good; color plates are esp. vibrant.). Tan cloth, 219 pp., 64 tipped-in color plates, many BW illus. fold-out map at rear. "Does not aim at defining African art in its overall expression; it merely tried to cast light -- to a great extent thanks to the exceptional clearness and sharpness of the photography -- on the large masks and statues inspired by everyday occurrences, and to view them with the somewhat fearful and respectful detachment, appropriate to objects imbued with magic." (intro) Showcases these masks and additional sculptures with color and bw plates.

Munich, Germany: Prestel, 1988. English edition. Hardcover. G+ (DJ has moderate wear esp. to top edge; interior surfaces are clean and clear.). Dark chocolate cloth, brown & color illus. dust jacket, 315 pp., 200 color illus., sundry BW & color illus. Issued in conjunction with exhibitions in 1988-1989 of these 200 "masterpieces from over 90 tribes. It constitutes a comprehensive presentation of African tribal art, particularly wood sculpture and masks." (dj) With geographically-based essays by Enrico Castelli, Francois Neyt, Louis Perrois, Christopher D. Roy, Werner Schmalenbach, William Siegmann and Gaetano Speranza. Many fine illustrations.

Westerville, Ohio: Otterbein College, 1988. Softcover. VG- (Ex-lib., small label and ink stamping at rear cover). Green pictorial wraps; approx. 80 pp.; 104 bw figures. A catalog of the collection of African art held at Otterbein College, including pieces of the Dogon, Bambara, Mende, Temne, Ashanti, Igbo, and more.

New York: Center for African Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1985. Paperback. G (Light soiling to back white cover; pages are clean.). White & color illustrated wraps. 168 pp. BW and color plates. Issued in conjunction with the 1984-1985 inaugural exhibition for The Center for African Art. Showcases 100 pieces and includes large illustrations as well as smaller ones with descriptions. With an introductory essay by Jean Guiart.

New York: Pace Primitive and Ancient Art, 1976. Paperback. Good (Folio is edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; interior is clean; plates are in great condition.). Tan folio with interior pockets; 7 leaves. Folio contains 6 leaves of color photos of items from the exhibition and one sheet of text, which is an exhibition checklist.

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan: Cranbrook Academy of Art, 1967. Softcover. VG. Cream textured wraps, stapled, with brown image of giraffe on front cover. Unpaginated with approx. 45 pp. and 50 bw images. With an introductory essay about the collection by Sieber. Catalogue of works from the collection, briefly described and pictured. 50 works from the Sudan, Congo and and Guinea, exhibited from April 9 to May 7 1967.