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Rubin (William) "Primitivism in the 20th Century": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol.,

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Rubin (William) "Primitivism in the 20th Century": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol.,

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NO RESERVE Rubin (William) "Primitivism in the 20th Century": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol., New York, 1984 § Johnson (Robert Flynn) Artists' Books in the Modern Era 1870-2000, 2001 § Patrick Painter Editions 1991-2005, Basel, 2006 § Virgine (Lea) & others. The Art of the 20th Century. 2000 and Beyond: Contemporary Tendencies, Milan, 2010 § Joachimides (C.M.) & Norman Rosenthal. Die Epoche der Moderne Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Ostfildern, 1997, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, all but the third with dust-jackets, the first also with cloth slip-case; and c.45 others on art, mostly modern, 4to & 8vo (c.50)

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Rubin (William) "Primitivism in the 20th Century": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol.,

Name: Rubin (William) \"Primitivism in the 20th Century\": Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, 2 vol.,
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