Search Results: Oceanic from Design Books

Taipei: National Museum of History, , 1997. This is a very good hardcover two volume set with just light wear. No Slipcase. Completely clean. This motnograph was prepared to accompany the exhibition in Taipei at the National Museum of History, in 1997. Text mostly in Chinese, but titles, preface and brief captions in English. The exhibition featured about 300 pieces from the personal collection of Chen Cheng-Ching. Illustrated throughout in color with large plates. 15" high X 10" wide, about 200 pages per volume. Large heavy books, foreign shipping will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1980. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby Parke Bernet in New York on April 22, 1980. Sale number: 4363. The sale consisted of African and Oceanic art from various collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York (about 20 pieces). Also 4 pieces from the William N. Copley collection. 143 lots in the sale. Almost all illustrated in black & white + color plate on front cover. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 9" square. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Cornette de Saint Cyr, 2011. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. Text in French. This is a sale catalog for an auction held in Paris at the Drouot on May 9, 2011. The sale consisted of the Arnaud Serval Collection of Australian Abboriginal contemporary paintings, wood sculptures, paintings on bark, etc. 124 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. No prices realized sheets, just price estimates for each lot. 11" high X 8" wide, 84 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Fine.

Paris: Christie's, 2011. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Christie's Paris on December 13, 2011. Sale code: ILES- 1067. Text in French and English. The sale consisted of Oceanic art and other objects from the Collection of Daniel Blau. 103 lots in the sale. All illustrated in color. Prices realized sheet included. 11" high X 8" wide, 70 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. Soft Cover. Fine.

Geneva: Collection Barbier-Muller, 1977. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Glossy pictorial stiff card covers completely clean. Completely clean inside as well. Spine not creased, binding tight. Text in French. Short essays by Andre Jeanneret, Ch.Kaufmann, Jean Laude, William Rubin, Claude Savery. 63 works in the exhibition, short entries for each. 22 tipped-in color plates + 6 topped-in black & white plates. 10" high X 7" wide, 129 pages. A fine copy. This book will be securely wrapped and shipped with tracking. . Limited Edition. 500 Copies.. Soft Cover. Fine.

New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1959. This book, prepared in conjunction with the exhibition, is the first monograph to be published on this important art style. Written by one of the most respected writers on the art of New Guinea, it gives " a detailed account of Lake Sentani culture, and analysis of its art forms and their function in the society". 81 works in the exhibition. Profusely illustrated with black & white photos. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket (jacket with light soil). The inside of the book is very clean, but neat previous owner name on front endpaper. Large 4to, 11" high X 8" wide, 63 pages. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Singapore: Do Not Design , 2013. This is a very good softcover copy with almost no wear. SIGNED, by the artist, John Clang in pencil, on one of the first white pages, and briefly inscribed. Completely clean. Unusually designed artists book prepared to accompany the exhibition, curated by Szan Tan. Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the National Museum of Singapore, from January 16 to February 2, 2013. Illustrated mostly in color. List of illustrations. 12" high X 8" wide, 97 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Caisse Nationale Des Monuments Historiques, 1965. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket. Jacket spine edges rubbed. Completely clean inside and out. Text in French. Introduction by Roger Heim and J. Millot. Interview with Georges-Henri Rivière by Michel Leiris. Four sections in the book which document the Musee de l'Homme's spectacular collections: 1) Prehistoric, text by Guy de Beauchêne; 2) Africa, text by Michel Leiris and Jacqueline Delange; 3) Oceanic, text by Françoise Girard; and 4) Pre-Hispanic and Native American, text by Henri Lehmann. Bibliography. Illustrated in color 6 tipped-in plates + 84 black & white plates. 10" high X 9" wide, 232 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Sotheby's, 2013. This is a near fine softcover copy of this two volume set with almost no wear. Just light cover wear to volume 1. Completely clean. These are sale catalogs for auctions held at Sotheby's New York. Volume 1: sale code "N09040", auction date November 15, 2013. Volume 2: sale code N09224, auction date May 16, 2014. Essays by Michael Kan and Marci Kwon. Volume 1: 154 lots. Volume 2: 123 lots. All lots illustrated in color. Many have extrensive entries. Also additional essays by Heinrich Schweizer, Sidney Clyman, Maureen Zarember, Victor Teicher, and Sotheby's staff. 12" high X 9" wide, 239 & 183 pages. Large heavy books foreign postage will be extra. This set will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Lugano, Switzerland: Edizioni Città di Lugano, 1989. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. Text in Italian and English. The Serge and Graziella Brignoni Collection was formed by Serge Brignoni (1903- 2002) the Swiss avant garde painter and eventually donated to the Lugano Museum. Essays by Serge Brignoni, Christian Giordano, Ilario Rossi, Claudio Gianinazzi, and Elke-N. Kappus. Checklist with 541 works catalogued. All illustrated in black & white + 32 color plates. Maps. 9" square, 366 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

New York: Stephan Weiss Studio, 2008. This is a near fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean inside and out. This catalog was prepared to accompany the exhibition at Stephan Weiss Studio in New York in January 2008. Essay by Sasha Grishin. The exhibition presented paintings by Australian artists David Larwill, and 8 Aboriginal artists of the Western Desert Region of Australia. Illustrated throughout in color. Black & white photographs of the artists. 11" high X 8" wide, 38 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Sydney, Australia: Craftsman House, 1997. This is a fine hardcover copy with a fine dust jacket with almost no wear. SIGNED and inscribed with a drawing, by the artist, David Larwill, on the half title-page. Otherwise completely clean. 74 color plates + 24 black & white illustrations. List of plates. Bibliography. 12" high X 10" wide, 203 pages. A fine signed copy with a drawing. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Signed by Artist.. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Leiden: Brill, 1942. This is a very good hardcover copy simply bound in dark green cloth with gilt titles. The boards are fine. Originally published by Brill as a large softcover, this copy was privately bound in cloth at some point. Very clean inside and out. Text in German. Illustrated in black & white with 103 drawings in the text + 4 plates + 2 maps. Bibliography. 13" high X 10" wide, 209 pages.Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

Paris: Sotheby's, 2006. This is a fine softcover copy with no wear at all. Completely clean. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's in Paris on December 5, 2006. Sale code: PF6014 "LULUWA". The sale consisted of an exceptional collection of Fidji Islands objects. Collection Georges Thomann and Collection Karel Timmermans. 229 lots in the sale. Illustrated in color throughout. 11" high X 8" wide, 252 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Soft Cover. Fine.

Basel: Museum für Völkerkunde, 1979. This is a good softcover copy with some wear to the spine. Completely clean inside and out. Text in German, French and English. Indonesian crafts from the collections of the Museum für Völkerkunde and the Schweizerisches Museum für Volkskunde, Basel. 15 color plates. Bibliography. 10" high X 9" wide. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Good.

Cologne, Germany: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum fur Volkerkunde, 1987. This is a very good hardcover copy bound in gray photo-illustrated boards, without dust jacket as issued. Completely clean inside and out. Text in GERMAN. Massive reference on the Oceanic art in the Clausmeyer collection. Illustrated in color and black & white. Bibliography. Maps on the endpapers. 11" high X 8" wide, 389 pages. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Sotheby's, 1992. This is a very good softcover copy with just light wear. Very clean inside and out. Just a short erased pencil note on the title-page. This is a sale catalog for an auction held at Sotheby's London on June 25, 1992. The sale consisted of the Longueville Collection of South Sea Island materials. 278 lots in the sale. Many illustrated. Some in color. Prices realized sheets included. Bibliography. Index. 11" high X 8" wide, 159 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking.. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia: Wianta Foundation, 2003. This is a very good hardcover copy in a very good dust jacket with just light wear. Completely clean inside and out. This book was prepared to accompany Made Wianta's artwork in 2003 at the 50th Venice Biennale. Made Wianta used the occasion to commemorate the 200 victims of the Bali bomb attack in October 2002. Illustrated in color and black & white. Chronology. Lacking the map usually in the pocket on the inside front cover. 10" high X 12" wide, 127 pages. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York: Abrams, 1969. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. No wear at all. One tiny black star (remainder mark) to the bottom page-edge. Carl A.Schmitz was one of the great scholars in this field, and this was his last work completed just before he died in 1966. It unites all of his interests:culture, history, religion and art, and focusses on the area he knew best. With sections on Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia (where Schmitz made his greatest contribution) this is undoubtedly still the best 1 volume survey of the art and culture of this varied region. Bibliography. Stout oblong folio, 11" high X 12" wide, 405 pages. With 337 illustrations including 50 tipped-in color plates. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

Munich: Verlag F. Bruckmann , 1962. This is very good cloth copy with it's original mylar wrap. Previous owner bookplate on the front endpaper. Text in German. Illustrated by 32 black & white plates. These are all full-page plates with great detail of masterworks of Oceanic sculpture, including masks, shields, standing figures, drums, ceremonial stools, etc. A beautiful book. This book will be securely packed and shipped with tracking. . Cloth. Very Good/Very Good.