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Library of African Art Books and Catalogues

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Library of African Art Books and Catalogues. Including: African Sculpture- William Fagg; African Proverbs: The Art of Central Africa: Sculpture and Tribal Masks; Masks of West Africa- Underwood; African Art- Frank Willett; Sacred Forest- Alfred A. Knopf; African Art; African Sculpture- Denise Paulme; Primitive Art- Frank Boas; Primitive Art: Its Traditions and Styles- Paul S. Wingert; L'Afrique De L'ouest : Berceau De L'Art Negre: Terrisse A.; Africa 1 African Designs from Traditional Sources: Geoffrey Williams; Christies: Imported Art, 1978; Primitive Art Brussel, 1995; Nigeria: African Art; The Art of Black Africa- Elsy Leuzinger; African Sculpture- Ladislas Segy; Westafrikanische Plastik iii- Kurt Krieger; Westafrikanische Plastik ii- Kurt Krieger; Westafrikanische Plastik i- Kurt Krieger; The Art of Africa- Elsy Leuzinger; Known and Little Known Arts of Black Africa; Great Benin- Ling Roth; Tradition and Creativity in Tribal Art- Biebuyck; African Miniatures: Goldweights of the Ashanti- Plass; New Aspects of Technology: Ife in the History of West African Sculpture- Frank Willett; African Art of the Dogon- Laude; Magic African Art;Masks of Black Africa- Ladislas Segy; African Sculpture Speaks- Ladislas Segy; Tribes and Forms in African Art - William Fagg; L'Art Negre - William Fagg; The Sculpture of Africa - Eliot Elisofon; Primitive Art : Brussels VI; Bruxelles/Brussels/Brussel VII;Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas; Kunst Uit Afrika- Haags Gemeetemuseum; African Art from the Collection of the late Josef Mueller- Christies; L'Art Negre; African Stone Sculpture - Philip Alisofon; Afrika: Maske and Skulptur; Le M'Boueti Des Mahongoue; Galerie Simone De MonBrison; Arts Primitifs - Ader Picard Tajan Lundi 11 Mardi 12 Octobre, 1993- Jean Louis Picard; La TÃªte; Rubinstein- Parke.Bernet Galleries; Afrique, OcÃªanie- Ader Picard Tajan;Afrique,Oceanie, AmÃ©rique du Nord- Ader Picard Tajan; Afrique, AmÃ©rique,OcÃ©anie- Jean-Louis Picard;Afrique, OcÃ©anie, Jean- louis Pacard; African Arts: Winter 2002; African Arts: Spring 2004; African Arts: Spring 2005; African Arts: Autumn 2004;Lundi 14 Fevrier, 1994- Jean Louis Picard; Lundi 5 December, 1994- Jean Louis Picard; Drouot- Montagne : Art Primitif , Art Nouveau, Art; Deco , Tableaux Anciens, Xixe et Modernes; Art of Africa, Oceania and the Americas- Sotheby's;Ethnographic Art- Sotheby's; Pre- Columbian and Tribal Art -Sotheby's; Collection A. ET J.P. K- Jernander- Drouot; Art from ZaÃ¯re/ L'ert du ZaÃ¯re;Sudanese Sculpture- F.R. Lem; For Spirits and Kings: African Art from the Tishman; Collection-MMA;Nigerian Vignettes- Landrum; Yoruba: Sculpture of West Africa- William Fagg. Ex. Estate Collection Isadore and Nancy Marder, Philadelphia. Size: Shelf space: 45" (114 cm).

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Library of African Art Books and Catalogues

Name: Library of African Art Books and Catalogues
SKU: 121909625
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