Search Results: AFRICAN ART from PASCALE'S BOOKS

Detroit Institute of Arts;, 1995. 180 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. This book showcaases 88 of the museum's finest works, representing the full range of major sub-sculptural traditions during the past three centuries: figures, masks, containers, carved stools, jewelry, and musical instruments. Text accompanying each photograph describes not only the circumstance, when known, of the object's creation, but also the harmonious interplay of its aetetic features and cultural and spiritual functions. The catalogue also details the rituals surrounding the religious objects and the social imprtance of the secular works." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Center for African Art:, 1985. 168 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "This book presents a pictorial record of a magnificant exhibition: one hundred masterpieces chosen from the vast holdings of the Musee de l' Homme." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE- DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco:, 1974. 95 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. This is the exhibition catalogue for the M.D. de Young Memorial Museum's October 12, 1974 - January 12, 1975 exhibit. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

University of Massachusetts Press:, 1970. 47 pages, illustrated in b&w. "The unusual carvings produced by the tribal peoples of Africa are recognized by contemporary art historians and connoisseurs as representing one of the great creative heritage of mankind." FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Montclair Art Museum:, 1983. This book accompanies the exhibition at the Montclair Art Museum for Jan. 30- April 10, 1983, 100 b&w photographs and a six page text by Marshall W. Mount. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Berghaus Verlag:, 1974. 32 full page color illustrations with a one page description in German, plus a 5 page introduction. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER, some wear to covers, internally in fine condition, FINE DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fine. Illus. by Lennart Larsen. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Metropolitian Museum of Art:, 1990. 87 pages, 61 items are shown, illustrated in color and b&w. FINE- SOFTCOVER. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Smithsonian Institution Press:, 1987. 48 pages, illustrated and 3 large fold outs. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mussee De'Homme:, 1966. 135 illustrations in b&w, text is in French and English. "As we look at all these sculptures in wood, ivory, stone, earth, and metal may we not think that a source of inspiration exists in the natural poetry of things to which these societies were especially sensitive?- societies not yet deprived of their own way of and feeling by an industrial evolution observing." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Doubleday & Co.:, 1973. 95 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. "In photographs and poetry this beautiful book leads the reader to a spiritual appreciation of the art of West Africa." FINE- HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD DUST JACKET.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco:, 1995. 62 pages, 62 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "The Strong Collection reminds us that African art cannot be approached simplistically, nor with the view that the arts can be precisely understood or easily categorized." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER, very top edge of some of the pages has a thin stain across upper page edge. Does not affect text or plates.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Les Editions Du Chene/Tudor Publishing Co>;, 1950. 126 pages, 4 color plates and 107 b&w photos. "It is some decades ago since Negro Art emerged from beneath the shadow to which-perhaps out of contempt-it has relegated by snobbishness, commerce and even by science. In the museums, where it has emerged from the dust of centuries which had accumulated on the donations of the navigators of old, it has been enriched by systematic acquistions from modern expediations." VERY GOOD HARDCOVER.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Present.. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Editions Philbi:, 1975. 173 pages, text is in English, German and French. "Each African artist is a unique creator. African sculptures are first and foremost traditional and religious art, and everything has a significance. Fetishes, masks, weights, etc, are essential elements of spiritual and daily life; everything is treated with great respect, for do thse objects not cure the sick, cause the rain to fall and make women fertile?" FINE- HARDCOVER, GOOD DUST JACKET. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.. Hard Cover. Fine-/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

University of Massachusetts:, 1970. "The unusual carvings produced by the tribal peoples of Africa are recognized by contemporary art historians and connoisseurs as representing one of the great creative heritages of mankind. This exhibition was loaned to the University Art Gallery by the Museum of African Arts." FINE SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Mount Holyoke College Art Museum:, 1984. 56 pages, illustrated with b&w photographs. This catalogue accompanied the exhibition at Mount Holyoke Collage, Sept. 4 - Oct. 31, 1984. VERY GOOD- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Very Good-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Art 135:, 1987. 319 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. "Aided by a team of specialists, we carried out a selection of 4,600 items that form the core of this book." This is the Deluxe edition, a limited edition of 2000 copies, this is number 608. FINE HARDCOVER, VERY GOOD SLIPCASE.. Hard Cover. Fine/No Dust Jacket Present.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Worcester Art Museum:, 1976. 80 pages, illustrated in b&w. This is the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition at the Worcester Art Museum, Cincinnati Museum of Art and the University of Georgia Museum 1976-1977. The exhibition included some 180 objects of African art representing 40 tribal styles from 11 present day African countries." VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Ma.: Pucker/Safrai Gallery:, 1972. 16 pages, illustrated. This is the exhibition catalogue that accompanies an exhibition opening on Jan. 13, 1973 at the Safrai Gallery. FINE- SOFTCOVER.. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art/ International Exhibitions Foundations:, 1968. First published in 1968, this book is the 1970 edition, with 150 pages illustrated in b&w The book accompanied the exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, October 16, 1968 - January 5, 1969. FINE- SOFTCOVER. Also included is a Special Addendum: Sculpture Of Black African, The Paul Tishman Collection, 30 page softcover exhibition catalogue from the Virginia Musuem, Aug 31- Nov. 1, 1970, with an Introduction by Paul Tishman,. Soft Cover. Fine-. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

The Museum of Primitive Art:, 1957. 38 pages, illustrated. "This, the first exhibition of The Museum of Primitive Art is in one sense self-explanatory: a new museum, opening its doors to the public, is showing selections from its permanent collection." 39 b&w photographs of primitive works from many countries. VERY GOOD SOFTCOVER, this copy is signed (with some comments under photo captions. by Maxfield Parrish, Jr. (the son of the artist Maxfield Parrish).. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.