Christa Clarke (106 results)

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Softcover, 40, pages; very good condition; light rubbing to covers no internal marks.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Newark Museum has been at the forefront of American art museums in its representation of the arts of Africa since 1917. Newark?s collection is notable for its embrace of the entire continent and its diaspora as well as for the breadth of artistic representation and inclusion of historic as well as modern and contemporary art. This catalogue is the first devoted to exploring this richly diverse collection, providing a comprehensive overview of African visual culture unmatched by most collection catalogues, ensuring its broad appeal and relevance.The publication highlights one hundred works that represent this range, including masks and figural statuary, objects of domestic use, dress and adornment, sculpture, photography, paintings, and video art. Individual catalogue entries written by more than forty scholars are presented in chronological order. These are supplemented by essays that survey the museum?s pioneering history of collecting and exhibiting African art and highlight the unique strengths of the collection: arts of North Africa, textiles, Yoruba art, and modern and contemporary art. Collectively, the works in this publication offer a new vision of African art, one that reflects the diversity of artistic creativity on the continent and its global reach, both past and present.…

Condition: Very Good. 1st. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardback. Condition: Good. The Newark Museum has been at the forefront of American art museums in its representation of the arts of Africa since 1917. Newark?s collection is notable for its embrace of the entire continent and its diaspora as well as for the breadth of artistic representation and inclusion of historic as well as modern and contemporary art. This catalogue is the first devoted to exploring this richly diverse collection, providing a comprehensive overview of African visual culture unmatched by most collection catalogues, ensuring its broad appeal and relevance.The publication highlights one hundred works that represent this range, including masks and figural statuary, objects of domestic use, dress and adornment, sculpture, photography, paintings, and video art. Individual catalogue entries written by more than forty scholars are presented in chronological order. These are supplemented by essays that survey the museum?s pioneering history of collecting and exhibiting African art and highlight the unique strengths of the collection: arts of North Africa, textiles, Yoruba art, and modern and contemporary art. Collectively, the works in this publication offer a new vision of African art, one that reflects the diversity of artistic creativity on the continent and its global reach, both past and present.…

Paperback. Condition: Fine. 1st. 40 pages, colour illustrations; 31 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name at the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, October 19, 2005 to January 22, 2006 and the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, April 2 to May 28, 2006. Firm binding, clean inside copy. *** "This catalogue showcases spectacular clothing from Morocco to South Africa. Most of the works are from the Museum's collection and reveal how a man's clothing can define, sustain and reinforce ideas about power and status in Africa." - Publisher. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Over-sized SOFTBOUND (quarto). No wear to the covers. A slight bump to the bottom fore-edge of the front cover. No spine creasing from opening. No slope, no twist, no distortion from reading or improper shelving. Pages tight clean no marks. No name of previous owner. No musty odor. No tobacco odor. No water stains. No soiling. No sun fading.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Interior clean, binding tight, light wear to covers and dust jacket.

Condition: Good. None. 166 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Some gutter cracks throughout. Color photographs. Record # 2230378.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. Clean and tight, with slight shelfwear, but no signs of use. Fast shipping, with tracking number provided. ; 11.81 X 9.21 X 0.87 inches; 192 pages.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 165 pages. 78 colour and 8 black & white photographs. Map. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Neuberger Museum of Art, National Museum of African Art and The Israel Museum. Catalogue entries by David Binkley, Christa Clarke, Bryna Freyer and Douglas Newton. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.…

Hardcover. Condition: Used Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket is wrapped in mylar Brodart covering, which is removable. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. Firefly sells new and used books through our store front. We try to add a detailed description to as many titles as possible. If you have questions regarding this title, please contact us. Photos available on request.…

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HARDCOVER. Condition: Very Good. Hardcover edition. 207pp, large octavo in light grey boards. Very Good condition; boards lightly worn along edges otherwise clean, tight binding, interior clean throughout.

Paperback. Condition: Good. EX LIBRARY BOOK.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. A nice, bright copy. ; Color reproductions; 4to; 165 pages.

Condition: As New. Paperback, illustrated in colour, 4to.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. PAGES LIKE NEW.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Crisp, clean, fresh, bright.

Softcover. Quarto. Softcover. Illustrated wraps. 165 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 31 cm. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held: Feb. 1-June 14, 2001 at the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Sept. 30, 2001-Jan. 13, 2002 at the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, N.Y.; Feb. 10-Apr. 7, 2002 at the Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Okla.; and June 9-Aug. 14, 2002 at the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC./ Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-160). VG, Light touches of shelfwear. …

Softcover. Condition: VG. Color illustrated glued wraps. (5) 6-119 pp. 55 color and b+w illustrations. "Embodying the Sacred in Yoruba Art" explores the relationship between art and the spiritual world, revealing important insights into African artistic expression while making this information accessible to a broad, diverse public.…

Hardback. Condition: New. The result of extensive recent research, Migrating Objects reveals Peggy Guggenheim's two-decade period of collecting beyond the European and North American art with which she is usually associatedIn the 1950s and '60s, Peggy Guggenheim (1898-1979) began to turn her attentions as a collector toward the arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Migrating Objects focuses on this lesser-known but crucial episode in her life and activities. In these years, Guggenheim acquired works created by artists from cultures worldwide, including early 20th-century sculpture from Mali, the Ivory Coast and New Guinea, and ancient examples from Mexico and Peru.Migrating Objects emerges from an extended period of research and discussion on this largely ignored area of Guggenheim's collection by a curatorial advisory committee, which has yielded exciting results, including the reattribution of individual works, among them the Nigerian headdress (Ago Egungun) produced by the workshop of Oniyide Adugbologe-illustrated here alongside other pieces that will greatly expand understanding of Guggenheim's collecting.…

hardcover. Condition: near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: very good. Illustrated (color and black & white). 192 pages. 4to, gray cloth, dust wrapper (edgeworn & with small tear at back panel). Philadelphia: Philadelphia Museum of Modern Art, (1999). A near fine copy in a very good wrapper.