PRIMITIVE NEGRO SCULPTURE.
London: 1926. IX, 134 pages, 41 full-page photographs. Cloth spine, marbled and linen boards. Fine condition. One of the very early classic studies of African art (based on sculptures in the Barnes Collection at Merion, Pennsylvania). Some pages are uncut. Item #15863
The decoration and ornamentation of African masks are subnjected to an etraordinary, intensive examination in this voluminous publication. The French text provides a remarkably thorough scrutinization of virtually every aspect of mask ornamentation. "This is the most systematic account of Negro sculpture which has been published in English"--Michael E. Sadler. Arts of West Africa.
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