(Auction Catalogue) Sotheby's, September 10, 2007. (A) AFRICAN FORMS (B) COLLECTION MARC ET DENYSE GINSBERG. AFRIQUE, L'Art des Formes
Milano, Paris. 297 pages, approximately 375 large color photographs, 7 b/w photographs, 1 map. Cloth cover.
(B) (auction catalogue) . 162 pages, 178 lots auctioned, all lots illustrated. Total sales: 1,032,120 Euros. Price list included. Item #14702
(A) A stunning visual presentation of seldom presented African material culture, almost all of it 20th century and acquired relatively recently by the author. Wonderful examples of furniture, containers of all types, pottery, spoons, pipes, musical instrument, a large and spectacular assemblage of weapons and shields, jewelry and items of personal adornment and textiles, are presented in lush color photographs.
(B) Almost every item in the auction was illustrated and discussed in the accompanying seminal volume, "African Forms"
Price: $350.00