ANCESTRAL ART OF GABON, From the Collections of the Barbier-Muller Museum
Geneva: 1985. 238 pages, 101 color and 66 b/w photographs, 5 color and 72 b/w drawings. 7 maps. Cloth cover with dust jacket. Fine condition. Item #9236
A truly beautiful book with striking illustrations and an excellent text, this volume that served as a catalogue for the exhibition of the Barbier-Mueler Museum's Gabonese--principally Fang--collection represents art book publishing at its best. The collectors, Josef Muller and Jean Paul Barbier, and their collection are discussed and the collection is classified. The author, the foremost authority on the art of this area, covers completely new ground in a first-rate text that is accompanied by fine illustrations of this famed collection.
Price: $395.00