Ethnographic Arts & Artifacts

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July 10, 2025 at 2:00 pm ET

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LOT 3

Lot 3

Group of Eight African Art Reference Books together with a Tribal Art Book

Group of Eight African Art Reference Books together with a Tribal Art Book
Lot 3 Details
Group of Eight African Art Reference Books together with a Tribal Art Book

MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART: THE NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER COLLECTION, Douglas Newton, Alfred A. Knopf Inc., 1978;
THE INTELLIGENCE OF FORMS: AN ARTIST COLLECTS AFRICAN ART, Evan M. Maurer, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1991;
AFRICAN MASKS: FROM THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION, Iris Hahner-Herzog, Maria Kecskesi and Lazlo Vajda, Prestel-Verlag, 1998;
AFRICAN ART IN THE CYCLE OF LIFE, Roy Sieber and Roslyn Adele Walker, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1987;
AFRICAN ART: FROM THE RITA AND JOHN GRUNWALD COLLECTION, Diane M. Pelrine, Indiana University Press, 1988;
FOR SPIRITS AND KINGS: AFRICAN ART FROM THE PAUL AND RUTH TISHMAN COLLECTION, Susan Vogel, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1981;
AFRICAN ART: THE BARBIER-MUELLER COLLECTION, Werner Schmalenbach, Prestel-Verlag, 1988;
PRAISE POEMS: THE KATHERINE WHITE COLLECTION, Seattle Art Museum, 1984;
EXPRESSIONS OF BELIEF: MASTERPIECES OF AFRICAN OCEANIC AND INDONESIAN ART, FROM THE MUSEUM VOOR VOLKENKUNDE, ROTTERDAM, Suzanne Greub, Rizzoli International Publications, 1988

Estimate $300-$400

Realised: $275
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