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African Art: A Catalog
Last update: May 12, 1997
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---------------------------------------------------- (Bourdier,
J-P., Inv # 19055) Bourdier, Jean-Paul and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
DRAWN FROM AFRICAN DWELLINGS. Indiana, 1996 (new cloth). $54.00

(Andersen, K., Inv # 3912) Andersen, Kaj. AFRICAN TRADITIONAL
ARCHITECTURE: A STUDY OF THE HOUSING AND SETTLEMENT PATTERNS OF
RURAL KENYA. Oxford, 1978 (cloth). $50.00

(Arnoldi, M., Inv # 17696) Arnoldi, Mary Jo and Christine
Mullen Kreamer. CROWNING ACHIEVEMENTS: AFRICAN ARTS OF DRESSING
THE HEAD. Fowler Museum (UCLA), 1995 (new paper). $27.00

(Bamert, A., Inv # 13544) Bamert, Arnold. AFRICA: TRIBAL ART
OF FOREST AND SAVANNA. Thames and Hudson, 1980 (cloth). very
good, with dust jacket. $150.00

(Barbier, J., Inv # 6168) Barbier, Jean Paul, ed. ART OF COTE
D'IVOIRE: FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM.
Barbier-Mueller Museum, 1993 (new cloth). In two volumes,
superbly produced. Vol. 1 contains text and illustrations; vol.
2 is the illustrated catalog of the collection. $472.50

(Bellotti, F., Inv # 17372) Bellotti, Felice. FABULOUS CONGO.
Dakers, n.d. (cloth). Translated by Mervyn Savill. $35.00

(Biebuyck, D., Inv # 6741) Biebuyck, Daniel P., editor.
TRADITION AND CREATIVITY IN TRIBAL ART. University of California,
1969 (cloth). very good without dust jacket. $65.00

(Bihalji-Merin, O., Inv # 17740) Bihalji-Merin, Otto. GREAT
MASKS. Abrams, 1971 (cloth). 157 illustrations, 24 in color;
minor stain to front end paper. $50.00

(Blier, S., Inv # 9735) Blier, Suzanne Preston. AFRICAN VODUN:
ART, PSYCHOLOGY, AND POWER. University of Chicago, 1995 (new
cloth). $45.00

(Brain, R., Inv # 15148) Brain, Robert and Adam Pollock.
BANGWA FUNERARY SCULPTURE. University of Toronto, 1971 (cloth).
very good, with dust jacket. $75.00

(Brett-Smith, S., Inv # 9294) Brett-Smith, Sarah C. THE MAKING
OF BAMANA SCULPTURE: CREATIVITY AND GENDER. Cambridge, 1994 (new
cloth). $85.50

(Brettell, R., Inv # 4252) Brettell, Richard et al. BLACK ART:
ANCESTRAL LEGACY. Abrams, 1990 (new cloth). Cloth exhibition
catalog at the Dallas Museum of Art. $44.55

(Cameron, E., Inv # 18557) Cameron, Elisabeth L. ISN'T S/HE A
DOLL? PLAY AND RITUAL IN AFRICAN SCULPTURE. UCLA Fowler Museum of
Cultural History, 1996 (new cloth). $40.50

(Chesi, G., Inv # 17947) Chesi, Gert. VOODOO, AFRICA'S SECRET
POWER. Perlinger, 1980 (cloth). $45.00

(Cornet, J., Inv # 18572) Cornet, Joseph. A SURVEY OF ZAIRIAN
ART: THE BRONSON COLLECTION. North Carolina Museum of Art:
Raleigh, 1978 (cloth). $75.00

(Cory, H., Inv # 15017) Cory, H. WALL-PAINTINGS BY SNAKE
CHARMERS IN TANGANYIKA. Faber, 1953 (cloth). Ex-libris. Good,
with chipped dust jacket. $45.00

(Cosentino, D., Inv # 16719) Cosentino, Donald J., editor.
SACRED ARTS OF HAITIAN VODOU. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural
History, 1995 (new cloth). $89.00

(Cosentino, D., Inv # 16720) Cosentino, Donald J., editor.
SACRED ART OF HAITIAN VODOU. UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural
History, 1995 (new paper). $53.00

(Courtney-Clarke, M., Inv # 12347) Courtney-Clarke, Margaret.
NDEBELE. Rizzoli, 1986 (cloth). very good copy with dust jacket.
$75.00

(Danto, A., Inv # 4360) Danto, Arthur et al. ART/ARTIFACT:
AFRICAN ART IN ANTHROPOLOGY COLLECTIONS. Center for African
Art/Prestel: NY, 1988 (new cloth). exhibition catalog with 160
objects of art and ethnography selected by three American
anthropology museums founded in the 1860s and examine the
shifting definitions of African art objects from artifact to
art.02 $63.00

(Dapper, Inv # 4251) Fondation Dapper. OBJETS INTERDITS.
Fondation Dapper, 1989 (new cloth). exhibition catalog 1989-1990
Paris show, 375pp, nice copy in dust jacket. $65.00

(Delaroziere, M., Inv # 17028) Delaroziere, Marie-Francoise.
PERLES D'AFRIQUE. Edisud, 1994 (new cloth). $100.00

(Duchateau, A., Inv # 3804) Duchateau, Armand. BENIN TRESOR
ROYAL: COLLECTION DU MUSEUM FUR VOLKERKUNDE VIENNE. Edition
Dapper: Paris, 1990 (new cloth). $42.50

(Etienne-Nugue, J., Inv # 3807) Etienne-Nugue, Jocelyne.
CRAFTS AND THE ARTS OF LIVING IN THE CAMEROON. Louisiana State
University Press, 1982 (cloth). West African arts and crafts.
$65.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 4150) Elisofon, Eliot and William Fagg. THE
SCULPTURE OF AFRICA. Praeger, 1958 (cloth). Nice copy, dust
jacket with some tears, 405 photographs-an important title.
$225.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 9820) Fagg, William. TRIBES AND FROMS IN
AFRICAN ART. Methuen, 1965 (cloth). Scarce; very good copy with
dust jacket. $125.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 15143) Fagg, William. AFRICAN TRIBAL IMAGES:
THE KATHERINE WHITE RENWICK COLLECTION. Cleveland Museum of Art,
1968 (paper). very good, in wrappers. $50.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 6931) Fagg, William. MINIATURE WOOD CARVINGS
OF AFRICA. New York Graphic Society, 1970 (cloth). very good copy
in dust jacket. $100.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 18315) Fagg, William. AFRICAN MAJESTY FROM
GRASSLAND AND FOREST - THE BARBARA AND MURRAY FRUM COLLECTION.
Art Gallery of Ontario, 1981 (paper). $35.00

(Fagg, W., Inv # 17741) Fagg, William. YORUBA: SCULPTURE OF
WEST AFRICA. Knopf, 1982 (cloth). Seventy full page plates, 35 in
colorc catalog by John Pemberton third edited by Bryce
Holcombe. $60.00

(Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Inv # 14105) Falgayrettes-Leveau,
Chistiane. AU FIL DE LA PAROLE. Musee Dapper, 1995 (new cloth).
Well-illustrated fabrics. $75.00

(Falgayrettes-Leveau, C., Inv # 15776) Falgayrettes-Leveau,
Christiane et al. MASQUES: SUIVI D'UN TEXTE DE LEO FROBENIUS
(1898). Musee Dapper, 1995 (new cloth). $95.00

(Felix, M., Inv # 3685) Felix, Marc L. MWANA HITE: LIFE AND
ART OF THE MATRILINEAL BANTU OF TANZANIA. Jahn, 1990 (new cloth).
$175.00

(Fischer, E., Inv # 9817) Fischer, Eberhard, und Hans
Himmelheber. DIE KUNST DER DAN. Museum Rietberg, Zurich, 1976
(paper). very good copy. $35.00

(Fisher, A., Inv # 3682) Fisher, Angela. AFRICA ADORNED.
Abrams, 1984 (new cloth). African Jewelry, Dress, Body Decoration
and Hairstyle. New book. $58.50

(Forman, W., Inv # 3678) Forman, W. and B. and Philip Dark.
BENIN ART. Paul Hamlyn: London, 1960 (cloth). $65.00

(Fry, J., Inv # 6640) Fry, Jacqueline. VINGT-CINQ SCULPTURES
AFRICAINES/TWENTY FIVE AFRICAN SCULPTURES. National Gallery of
Canada, 1978 (cloth). Bilingual French-English text; very good in
dust jacket. $65.00

(Garrard, T., Inv # 3499) Garrard, Timothy F. GOLD OF AFRICA.
Prestel, 1989 (new cloth). Jewellery and Ornaments from Ghana,
Cote d'Ivoire, Mali and Senegal in the Collection of the
Barbier-Mueller Museum. This is the first detailed study of
Goldwork produced south of the Sahara. $63.00

(Goldwater, R., Inv # 13246) Goldwater, Robert. BAMBARA
SCULPTURE FROM THE WESTERN SUDAN. Museum of Primitive Art, New
York, 1960 (cloth). A superb copy of a very scarce title; fine in
dust jacket. $350.00

(Guillaume, P., Inv # 9809) Guillaume, Paul, and Thomas Munro.
PRIMITIVE NEGRO SCULPTURE, WITH ILLUSTRATIONS FROM THE COLLECTION
OF THE BARNES FOUNDATION AT MERION, PENNSYLVANIA. Harcourt, Brace
and Company, 1926 (boards). First edition; very good copy.
$125.00

(Harter, L., Inv # 7041) Harter, Legs Pierre. LES ROIS
SCULPTEURS: ART ET POUVOIR DANS LE GRASSLAND CAMEROUNAIS.
Editions de la Reunion des musees nationaux, 1993 (new paper).
$60.00

(Huet, M., Inv # 19143) Huet, Michel. DANCE, ART AND RITUAL OF
AFRICA. Pantheon, 1978 (cloth). $65.00

(Kecskesi, M., Inv # 7209) Kecskesi, Maria. KUNST AUS DEM
ALTEN AFRIKA. Pinguin-Verlag, Innsbruck, 1982 (cloth). very good
copy. $45.00

(Kerchache, J., Inv # 4130) Kerchache, Jacques. ART OF AFRICA.
Abrams, 1993 (new cloth). Translation from the French of a highly
regarded work; with an essay by Francoise Stoullig-Marin, "The
Principal Ethnic Groups of African Art". $175.50

(Kjersmeier, C., Inv # 6929) Kjersmeier, Carl. AFRICAN NEGRO
SCULPTURES. A. Zwemmer: London, 1947 (cloth). very good in dust
jacket and original glassine wrapper. $85.00

(Lamp, F., Inv # 18022) Lamp, Frederick. ART OF THE BAGA: A
DRAMA OF CULTURAL REINVENTION. Prestel, 1996 (new cloth). $66.60

(Leiris, M., Inv # 13021) Leiris, Michel, and Jacqueline
Delange. AFRICAN ART. Thames and Hudson, 1968 (cloth). Standard
work by the surrealist writer turned curator (of the Musee de
l'Homme). Some wear to dust jacket. Corners a bit bumped; other a
very good copy. $275.00

(Lips, J., Inv # 14154) Lips, Julius E. THE SAVAGE HITS BACK.
Yale, 1937 (cloth). very good copy. $85.00

(Lopes, Henri et al., Inv # 6775) Lopes, Henri et al.
REDISCOVERED MASTERPIECES OF AFRICAN ART. Art 135: Boulogne, 1987
(new cloth). Text in English; slipcased. $67.50

(Luschan, F., Inv # 8556) Luschan, Felix Von. DIE ALTERTUMER
VON BENIN. Georg Reimer: Berlin and Hacker: NY, 1919 (cloth).
Three volumes, 522 pages of text, 889 photographs and
drawings-the 1968 reprint complete in one volume plus the two
original portfolios of plates(band II and III) 1919.Reprint
volume very good and portfolios lacking one plate(#40). $750.00

(Magor, T., Inv # 8187) Magor, Thomasin. AFRICAN WORRIORS: THE
SAMBURU. Abrams, 1994 (new cloth). $54.00

(Mansfeld, A., Inv # 8912) Mansfeld, Alfred. WESTAFRIKA,
URWALD- UND STEPPENBILDER. Auriga-Verlag, 1924 (boards).
Ethonographic survey, scarce, very good copy. $150.00

(Massa, G., Inv # 16370) Massa, Gabriel. MASQUES ANIMAUX:
D'AFRIQU DE L'OUEST. Sepia, 1995 (new paper). $55.00

(Meauze, P., Inv # 7039) Meauze, Pierre. AFRICAN ART:
SCULPTURE. World, 1968 (cloth). Fine copy, no dust jacket.
$175.00

(Meyer, P., Inv # 15227) Meyer, Piet. KUNST UND RELIGION DER
LOBI. Museum Rietberg Zurich, 1981 (paper). very good. $45.00

(Mount, M., Inv # 13538) Mount, Marshall Ward. AFRICAN ART:
THE YEARS SINCE 1920. Indiana University Press, 1973 (cloth).
very good, with dust jacket. $45.00

(Museum, Inv # 12605) Museum fur Volkerkunde. LUBA HEMBA:
SCULPTURES BY UNKNOWN MASTERS. Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt,
1983 (boards). very good. $50.00

(Newton, D., Inv # 8223) Newton, Douglas. THE NELSON A.
ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION: MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART. Knopf,
1978 (cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket. $65.00

(Newton, D., Inv # 13629) Newton, Douglas,and Hermione
Waterfield. TRIBAL SCULPTURE: MASTERPIECES FROM AFRICA, SOUTH
EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE BARBIER-MUELLER MUSEUM. Vendome
Press, 1995 (new cloth). $72.00

(Neyt, F., Inv # 15506) Neyt, Francois. LUBA AUX SOURCES DU
ZAIRE. Musee Dapper, 1993 (new paper). $95.00

(Niangoran-Bouah, G., Inv # 15975) Niangoran-Bouah, G. THE
AKAN WORLD OF GOLD WEIGHTS. Les Nouvelles Editions
Africaines-MLB, 1987 (cloth). In three volumes. Near fine in dust
jacket. $300.00

(Nooter, M., Inv # 3585) Nooter, Mary. SECRECY: AFRICAN ART
THAT CONCEALS AND REVEALS. Museum for African Art/Prestel, 1993
(new cloth). exhibition catalog NY show same name. $63.00

(Northern, T., Inv # 3677) Northern, Tamara. EXPRESSIONS OF
CAMEROON ART-THE FRANKLIN COLLECTION. Natural History Museum of
L.A., 1986 (new paper). exhibition catalog. $16.16

(Perrois, L., Inv # 3605) Perrois, Louis and Marta Delage. THE
ART OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA: THE FANG TRIBES. Rizzoli, 1990 (new
cloth). $45.00

(Philips, T., Inv # 14104) Philips, (ed.) Tom. AFRICA: THE ART
OF A CONTINENT. Prestel, 1996 (new cloth). Well-illustrated
catalog of the London exhibit. Fine, with dust jacket. $76.50

(Preston, G., Inv # 3513) Preston, George. SETS, SERIES AND
ENSEMBLES IN AFRICAN ART. Center for African Art/Abrams, 1985
(cloth). Reassembles objects which were intended to be used
together, emphasizing the importance of their function and
meaning as part of a group. Published in conjunction with the
exhibition of 1985. $65.00

(Prussin, L., Inv # 9990) Prussin, Labelle. ARCHITECTURE IN
NORTHERN GUINEA: A STUDY OF FORMS AND FUNCTIONS. University of
California, 1969 (cloth). No dust jacket; very good. $35.00

(Prussin, L., Inv # 11774) Prussin, Labelle. AFRICAN NOMADIC
ARCHITECTURE: SPACE, PLACE AND GENDER. Smithsonian, 1995 (new
cloth). $49.50

(Rattray, R., Inv # 18590) Rattray, R. Sutherland. HAUSA
FOLK-LORE, CUSTOMS, PROVERBS, ETC. COLLECTED AND TRANSLITERATED
WITH ENGLISH TRANSLATION AND NOTES 2 VOLUMES. Oxford, 1913
(leather). $95.00

(Roberts, A., Inv # 11073) Roberts, Allen F. ANIMALS IN
AFRICAN ART, FROM THE FAMILIAR TO THE MARVELOUS. Museum for
African Art, 1995 (new cloth). $57.60

(Roberts, M., Inv # 15616) Roberts, Mary Nooter and Allen F.
Roberts. MEMORY: LUBA ART AND THE MAKING OF HISTORY. Prestel,
1996 (new cloth). $67.50

(Ross, D., Inv # 6393) Ross, Doran H., ed. ELEPHANT: THE
ANIMAL AND ITS IVORY IN AFRICAN CULTURE. Fowler Museum (UCLA),
1992 (new paper). Splendid and colorful overview. $50.00

(Sasser, E., Inv # 12730) Sasser, Elizabeth Skidmore. THE
WORLD OF SPIRITS AND ANCESTORS: IN THE ART OF WESTERN SUB-SAHARAN
AFRICA. Texas Tech University Press, 1995 (new cloth). $49.95

(Savary, C., Inv # 12572) Savaru, Claude. MUSEE D'ETHOGRAPHIE
DE GENEVE: OBJETS DE POUVOIRS, ANCIENNE MAGIE BANOU AFRIQUE
CENTRALE. Priuli and Verlucca, 1992 (new boards). $75.00

(Schadler, K., Inv # 11229) Schadler, Karl Ferdinand. AFRICAN
ART IN PRIVATE GERMAN COLLECTIONS. Munchner Buchgewerbehaus, 1973
(cloth). very good, with dust jacket. $100.00

(Schildkrout, E., Inv # 3803) Schildkrout, Enid and Curtis A.
Keim. AFRICAN REFLECTIONS: ART FROM NORTHEASTERN ZAIRE.
Washington, 1990 (new cloth). exhibition catalog for show. $40.50

(Schmalenbach, W., Inv # 9810) Schmalenbach, Werner. AFRICAN
ART. Thomas Yoseloff, 1960 (cloth). very good copy with dust
jacket. $75.00

(Schmalenbach, W., Inv # 18558) Schmalenbach, Werner (ed.).
AFRICAN ART FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION. Prestel, 1988
(new cloth). $63.00

(Segy, L., Inv # 3756) Segy, Ladislas. AFRICAN SCULPTURE
SPEAKS. A.A. Wyn: NY, 1952 (cloth). First edition nice copy in
dust jacket, Segy opened his gallery in 1950 but had collected
for many years prior in Europe-his first piece was bought in
1926-the original spelling of his name is Szecsi. $85.00

(Sieber, R., Inv # 7800) Sieber, Roy. AFRICAN TEXTILES AND
DECORATIVE ARTS. Museum of Modern Art, 1972 (cloth). Fine copy
with dust jacket. $75.00

(Sweeney, J., Inv # 4359) Sweeney, James Johnson. AFRICAN
NEGRO ART. Museum of Modern Art, 1935 (cloth). Scarce early
exhibition catalog in original dust jacket and with loose insert
(3 maps), unusual in this condition. $125.00

(Thompson, J., Inv # 3680) Thompson, Jerry. CLOSEUP: LESSONS
IN THE ART OF SEEING AFRICAN SCULPTURE. Center for African
Art/Prestel, 1990 (new cloth). Includes pieces from the Horstmann
collection. $58.50

(Thompson, R., Inv # 16882) Thompson, Robert Farris. AFRICAN
ART IN MOTION: ICON AND ACT. University of California, 1979
(paper). Exhibition catalogue $50.00

(Thompson, R., Inv # 5124) Thompson, Robert Farris. FACE OF
THE GODS. Prestel, 1993 (new cloth). $76.50

(Trebbin, C., Inv # 3903) Trebbin, Cornelius. 5000 JAHRE GOLD
AND KERAMIK AUS AFRIKA. Heinrich Barth Verlag: Koln, 1989 (new
paper). exhibition catalog Landesmuseum Volk und Wirtschaft in
Dusseldorf, 164pp with 95 illustrations-41 in color, extensive
bibliographies for gold in africa (1513 items) and ceramics (128
items). $34.50

(Trowell, M., Inv # 9788) Trowell, Margaret, and
K.P.Wachsmann. TRIBAL CRAFTS OF UGANDA. Oxford, 1953 (cloth).
Fine copy with dust jacket. $150.00

(Trowell, M., Inv # 15145) Trowell, Margaret. CLASSICAL
AFRICAN SCULPTURE. Praeger, 1954 (cloth). very good, with frayed
dust jacket. $45.00

(Trowell, M., Inv # 15240) Trowell, Margaret. CLASSICAL
AFRICAN SCULPTURE. Faber and Faber, 1964 (cloth). very good, no
dust jacket. $50.00

(Verswijver, G., Inv # 17637) Verswijver, Gustaaf et al.
MASTERPIECES FROM CENTRAL AFRICA: THE TERVUREN MUSEUM. Prestel,
1996 (new cloth). $58.50

(Vogel, S., Inv # 3515) Vogel, Susan and Francine N'Diaye.
AFRICAN MASTERPIECES FROM THE MUSEE DE L'HOMME. Center for
African Art/Abrams, 1985 (cloth). Introduction by Jean Guiart,
director of the Musee de L'Homme. $65.00

(Wassing, R., Inv # 4260) Wassing, Rene. AFRICAN ART: ITS
BACKGROUND AND TRADITIONS. Abrams, 1968 (cloth). Original edition
printed in Switzerland, good copy with no dust jacket. $175.00

(Weber, M., Inv # 13801) Weber, Michael John. PERSPECTIVES:
ANGLES ON AFRICAN ART. Center for African Art / Abrams, 1987
(cloth). 10 interviews conducted by M.J. Weber; intro by Susan
Vogel. very good, with dust jacket. $60.00

(Whitechapel, Inv # 14110) (Whitechapel Gallery). SEVEN
STORIES ABOUT MODERN ART IN AFRICA. Flammarion/Whitechapel, 1995
(new cloth). $40.50

(Willet, F., Inv # 16196) Willett, Frank. IFE IN THE HISTORY
OF WEST AFRICAN SCULPTURE. McGraw-Hill, 1967 (cloth). very good
copy with dust jacket. $45.00

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