African Art From the Menil Collection by Kristina Van Dyke, editor - 2008

The Menil Collection, Houston, 2008. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 239 pages with 115 illustrations in color. Foreword by Josef Helfenstein. Introduction by Kristina Van Dyke. Works Cited. Index of Objects. List of Contributors..

The Menil Collection / Yale University Press, 2008. Hardcover. As new, clean, tight & bright condition, with bright and crisp dust jacket. Size: 10"x11.5", 239pp., 115 colour plates.

Houston, Tex. New Haven, Conn. ; London : Menil Foundation ; Yale University Press, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new, still in the publisher's original shrink wrap. Physical description; 239 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm. Summary; Bamana masks and headdresses, Lega ivories, Dogon sculpture, and Benue bronzes are among the many exquisite African artifacts found in the renowned Menil Collection. This stunning book-the first comprehensive catalogue on the de Menils' collection of African art-features 115 of the museum's finest pieces. Dating primarily from the 19th and 20th centuries, these works come from North Africa and the Sahel, Coastal West Africa, and Central and East Africa. An essay by scholar Kristina Van Dyke discusses the formation of the collection, which was inspired in part by its relationship to modernist works and by the… Read More

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