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Intimate Conversations: African Miniatures Hardcover - 2017

by Nicole Dintenfass (); John Dintenfass (); Preface by Heinrich Schweizer


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  • Title Intimate Conversations: African Miniatures
  • Author Nicole Dintenfass (); John Dintenfass (); Preface by Heinrich Schweizer
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 256
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher 5continents, Milano
  • Date 2017
  • ISBN 9788874397747 / 8874397747

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John Dintenfass has lectured on the psychology of collecting. He is professor of psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital School of Medicine in New York.

Nicole Dintenfass is a doctor of psychology; she teaches at the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.

Heinrich Schweizer is an international consultant and expert on African and Oceanic art.
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