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Aboriginal Paintings from Australia

Aboriginal Paintings from Australia

by Not Stated

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Mentor-UNESCO, New York, 1964. First American Paperback Edition. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. IV, 24 pages of text then 28 pages of reproductions of aboriginal paintings, and after the illustration plates there is a fold out page, in three sections, dealing with the contents of the book and a bibliography, introduction by Charles P. Mountford. The text is illustrated with three black-and-white photographs and 28 coloured photographs, three which foldout, of various aboriginal rock art and traditional art on bark. Illustrated front cover, showing a reproduction of rock art with a white and brown background with black and red titles to the front panel and black to the backstrip. A little rubbing in scuffing to the book corners and edges. Slight yellowing of the background colour. Internally the book is clean, bright and tight. " This handsome volume of Australian cave and bark painting features and informative introduction by authority Charles P.… Read More
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African Art; an Introduction

African Art; an Introduction

by Willett, Frank

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9780275711801
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Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII, 9-288 pages, notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with a few black and white maps, but numerous black-and-white photographs and colour photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, against a black background, with black and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. A trace of foxing to the top edge of the text block, And to be 1st 2 pages, and there is a scratch in the middle of the rear panel." " " Only in comparatively recent times have the tribal art of sub-Saharan Africa, by universal agreement, taken their place among the great creative achievements of mankind. Their vigor, symbolic strength, and sophisticated abstraction had come to be appreciated not only for their aesthetic and sociological significance; they are also recognized as a crucial influence in development of… Read More
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African Art: An Introduction

African Art: An Introduction

by Willett, Frank

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Praeger Publishers, New York, 1975. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. notes, bibliography, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with a few black and white maps, but copious black-and-white photographs and colour photographs throughout the text. Colour photographic front cover, against a black background, with black and white titles to the front panel and white titles to the backstrip. " Only in comparatively recent times have the tribal art of sub-Saharan Africa, by universal agreement, taken their place among the great creative achievements of mankind. Their vigour, symbolic strength, and sophisticated abstraction had come to be appreciated not only for their aesthetic and sociological significance; they are also recognised as a crucial influence in development of twenthieth-century Western art." -- from the rear panel blurb. A look at this particular genre of art. A little rubbing to the book corners and book panels. Foxing… Read More
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The Art Tahiti;  And the Neighbouring Society, Austral and Cook Islands

The Art Tahiti; And the Neighbouring Society, Austral and Cook Islands

by Barrow, Terence

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9780500060070
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050006007X
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Thames and Hudson, London, 1979. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Notice its pages, introduction by author, bibliography, acknowledgements and list of illustrations and index. Illustrated frontispiece, showing tattooed chief of Rarotonga, Te Pou, 1837. The text is illustrated with numerous colour photographs black-and-white photographs, and the occasional coloured and black-and-white illustrations. Photographic front cover, showing a Tahitian figure, with white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. Rubbing to all edges of the book and the corners are slightly bumped and scuffed. Some marks to the laminate of the boards and bookseller sticker to the top left-hand corner of the back panel. A small book on the lost ( for the most part ) arts of Polynesia, the islands of Tahati, Society, Austel and Cook Islands. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped… Read More
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Arts primitifs dans les ateliers d'artistes

Arts primitifs dans les ateliers d'artistes

by Evrard, Marcel -- Curator

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Musee de l'Homme par Societe des Amis du Musee de l'Homme, Paris, 1967. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.0 kg; not paginated, (the text block is 1.7 cm thick), illustrated photographically, by José Oster, with the exception of plate number 50 which was by Adolf Studly. There are 158 black-and-white images in the catalogue, with the introductory section of the book being a list of the artists, and their comments on their relationship with the arts of black Africa, Oceania, pre-Columbian America and "archaique" Japan (I cannot quite get the flavour of the word to translate although it probably means pre-contact with the West Japan). The book is a softcover binding, with self attached photographic illustrated wrappers and fold over flap's. There is a slight rubbing of both top and bottom edges, but otherwise the book is in very good condition. Please note the text of the book is in French. Size: 4to… Read More
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Australian Painters. Colonial 1788-1880;  Impressionists 1881-1930;  Modern 1931-1970

Australian Painters. Colonial 1788-1880; Impressionists 1881-1930; Modern 1931-1970

by Gleeson, James

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Lansdowne Press, Dee Why West, New South Wales, 1976. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 1.323 kg.; 384 pages, this book was originally published as three separate volumes, and in the reproduction, the three volumes are reproduced down to the individual pagination of each book. Each book has an introduction and select bibliography at the end of the section. Dark green coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 200 reproductions of Australian artists' works in colour, included is a small section at the beginning on Aboriginal art. Green coloured boards with white titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper, showing three individual paintings on the front panel of Australian artists and the one on the back panel. Blue coloured background with white titles to the front panel and back strip. A history of Australian painting starting from before white settlement up until the 1970s. There is a small potted history of each artist discussed. trifling rubbing of… Read More
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Jade

by Palmer, J. P

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Spring Books, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Ordinary/Poor. 44 pages of text, then 54 color plateson unpaginated pages. Black and white illustrated frontispiece showing a facimile of an old Oriental page on how to work jade. The text is illustrated with the aforementioned plates as well as 8 black & white text drawings. Green coloured boards with gilt Oriental symbol to the lower right hand corner of the front panel and gilt writing to the spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and there is also fading of the cloth. Fading of the cloth has also occurred to the top and bottom book edges and there is little " flaring " to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. Fading has also occurred on other places of the boards as well. Light browning to the paper edges. Browning to the end papers and to the internal pages and there are a few handling marks as well. Gift inscription to the top edge of the free front endpaper. Photographic… Read More
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The Play of the Unmentionable; an installation by Joseph Kosuth at the Brooklyn Museum with an...

The Play of the Unmentionable; an installation by Joseph Kosuth at the Brooklyn Museum with an introduction by Charlotta Kotik

by Kosuth, Joseph & and Freedberg, David

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Thames & Hudson, London, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 1.25 kg; XVI, 152 pages, illustrated with black-and-white plates, black-and-white photographs, and colour photographs. The book and binding and jacket shows no damage. The artists started work on a project which reflected his passionate opposition to censorship and the arts. The resulting installation was one of the best attended, most widely reviewed and most controversial exhibitions of 1990 in the United States. -- front fold over blurb Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Art -- History and Theory; Art -- Sculpture; Art -- Primitive; Art -- Pottery. ISBN: 050023647X. ISBN/EAN: 9780500236475. Inventory No: 0227260. . 9780500236475
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Prehistoric Painting

Prehistoric Painting

by Moulin, Raoul-Jean

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Edito-Service, Geneva, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover (Imitation Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Various. 850 g; 208 pages, illustrated throughout with colour photographs, timelines, and maps, as well as black-and-white photographs. The rear section of the book is a dictionary. There is also a bibliography. On the front board there is tipped and illustration within blind stamped gilt borders, and there is gilt titling to the back strip. The chronology finishes in 1965 with the world fair of Negro African art at Dakar. There is introduction by the editor, as well as an introduction by Alan Broderick. A considerable amount of the book is given over to the art of Australia, New Guinea, and the oceanic islands. Clean copy, no damage to describe apart from slight ageing. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Art --… Read More
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