Ethnographic Arts & Artifacts

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LOT 5

Lot 5

Group of Eleven African Art Reference Books

Group of Eleven African Art Reference Books
Lot 5 Details
Group of Eleven African Art Reference Books

CATALOGUE OF THE IBEJI, Fausto Polo and Jean David, Galerie Walu, 2001;
THREE RIVERS OF NIGERIA, Marcilene K. Wittmer and William Arnett, The High Museum of Art, 1978;
YORUBA: SCULPTURES OF WEST AFRICA, William Gaff and John Pemberton 3rd, Pace Editions Inc., 1982;
YORUBA: ART AND AESTHETICS, Rowland Abiodun, Henry John Drewal and John Pemberton III, The Center For African Art and the Rietberg Museum, 1991;
BLACK GODS AND KINGS, Robert Farris Thompson, Indian Univertisy Press, 1976;
NIGERIAN IMAGES, William Fagg and Herbert List, Frederick A. Praeger, 1963;
TWO THOUSAND YEARS NIGERIAN ART, Ekpo Eyo, Federal Department of Antiques, Lagos, Nigeria, 1977;
GELEDE: ART AND FEMALE POWER AMONG THE YORUBA, Henry John Drewal and Margaret Thompson Drewal, Indiana University Press, 1983;
THE YORUBA ARTISTS, Rowland Abiodun, Henry J. Drewal and John Pemberton III, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994;
AFRICAN ARTISTRY: TECHNIQUE AND AESTHETICS IN YORUBA SCULPTURE, Henry John Drewal, The High Museum of Art, 1980 (stamped Library of Jack Lieber, Oct '84);
YORUBA: NICE CENTURIES OF AFRICAN ART AND THOUGHT, Henry John Drewal, John Pemberton III and Rowland Abiodun, The Center For African Art, 1989

Estimate $400-$600

Realised: $375
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