Museum African Art (104 results)

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Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Condition: Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Exhibition spring-Summer, 1966, 20 pp., Photos, Orig White Photo Illus Pamphlet, VG.

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Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 709.6Natv.12 copiesThe National Museum of African Art began as a private educational institution in 1964 and became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979. This volume includes highlights from the museum's holdings of traditional African art from throughout the continent, although the majority of works originated in sub-Saharan Africa. The 150 objects presented include sculpted masks and figures, regalia, items of personal adornment, textiles, furniture, and household objects. Each entry provides a discussion about the object's meaning and use and includes provenance and publication history. Fully illustrated in color, the handbook also includes maps, an extensive bibliography, and an introduction by Roy Sieber, America's foremost authority on traditional African art. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. Book.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good +. Trade Paperback. Fine. Unique domiciles by African Artists: Aboudramane and Bodys Isek Kingrelez.

Soft Cover. Condition: Fine-. 48 pages, illustrated and 3 large fold outs. FINE- SOFTCOVER. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. dj: none. book: as new unread oversized quarto pbak, minus owner's name ur corner fep.

Condition: NF. Cover Art: Cotton and Silk Wrapper (Asante Peoples, Ghana). Photograph by Franko Khoury. National Museum of African Art, Eliot Elisofon Archives, Smitshonian Institution. (illustrator). As New Condition Soft Cover. 315 clean, white, readable pages.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Front cover has a small crease line at the bottom right corner. U.S orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Volume I. Pictorial covers. The National Museum of African Art began as a private educational institution in 1964 and became part of the Smithsonian Institution in 1979. This volume includes highlights from the museum's holdings of traditional African art from throughout the continent, although the majority of works originated in sub-Saharan Africa. The 150 objects presented include sculpted masks and figures, regalia, items of personal adornment, textiles, furniture, and household objects. Each entry provides a discussion about the object's meaning and use and includes provenance and publication history. Fully illustrated in color, the handbook also includes maps, an extensive bibliography, and an introduction by Roy Sieber, America's foremost authority on traditional African art. 191pp.Condition: Covers have mild rubbing and edge wear. Pages are crisp and clean. Binding and text block are sound. Full refund if not satisfied.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition; First Printing. Numerous full page color plates. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title organized and presented by The Museum for African Art, New York. ; Tight and clean. Solid binding. A gently read book in Very Good condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library. ; 9.25 X 0.75 X 12 inches; 192 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Cover has light wear.

PAPERBACK. Condition: Good+. Paperback edition. Unpaginated. 8vo in stapled wraps. B&W photos. Light vertical crease to center of wraps and throughout, small dampstain to rear wrap.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Softcover, pages are not numbered. Beige covers with black and white photograph on front. Saddle staple binding. Price sticker at bottom left corner of back cover. A few scuff marks on front covers, overall very good condition, pages are clean and unmarked, binding is strong. 30 plates. Catalogue produced by the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution on the occasion of an exhibition at the museum, Nov. 26, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986. Photographs by Constance Stuart Larrabee, in collaboration with Alan Paton.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 176 pages. 150 colour and 30 black & white photographs. Catalogue of an exhibition at the Museum for African Art, New York. U.S. orders are shipped from Lewiston, NY location.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 20 pages, 23 cm. Date is estimated. A very rare little booklet.

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 1st prtg. stiff pb covers illus w/ color photos African art front & back, no creases, clean & bright, exc unread cond; grey eps, 84 objects descr & illus, color & b/w, add 31 txt photos, color map, 155 pp. Size: 11.5"-11.5".

Condition: Fine. *Price HAS BEEN REDUCED by 10% until Monday, May 4 (weekend SALE item)* 70 pp., Paperback, NEW!! - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

First Edition. Near fine paperback copy; slightly dust-dulled and edge-bumped. Previous owner's sticker. Remains well-preserved overall. Physical description; 165 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 31 cm. Notes; 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. Contents; Map of Central Africa -- Beyond Borders: A Collector's Vision / Christa Clarke -- Catalogue Entries / David Binkley, Christa Clarke, Bryna Freyer, Douglas Newton. Subjects; Art, Central African Exhibitions. Sculpture, Central African Exhibitions. Gussman, Lawrence Art collections. Art Private collections Catalogs. 3 Kg.

Bookmark. Condition: Very good. Presumed First Issuance thus. Format is approximately 6.75 inches by 2 inches. Contains a brown, green, and white drawing of a part of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of African Art on the front of the bookmark. The back of the bookmark is plain white. The National Museum of African Art is the Smithsonian Institution's African art museum, located on the National Mall of the United States capital. Its collections include 9,000 works of traditional and contemporary African art from both Sub-Saharan and Arab North Africa, 300,000 photographs, and 50,000 library volumes. It was the first institution dedicated to African art in the United States, and remains the largest collection. The Washington Post called the museum a mainstay in the international art world and the main venue for contemporary African art in the United States. The museum was founded in 1964 by a Foreign Service officer and layman who bought African art objects in Germany and multiple houses in the Capitol Hill neighborhood in which to display them. The collection focused on traditional African art and an educational mission to teach black cultural heritage. To ensure the museum's longevity, the founder lobbied the national legislature to adopt the museum under the Smithsonian's auspices. It joined the Smithsonian in 1979 and became the National Museum of African Art two years later. A new, mostly underground museum building was completed in 1987, just off the National Mall and adjacent to other Smithsonian museums. It is among the Smithsonian's smallest museums. The African art museum took a scholarly direction over the next twenty years, with less social programming. It collected traditional and contemporary works of historical importance. Exhibitions include works both internal and borrowed, and have ranged from solo artist to broad, survey shows. The museum hosts two to three temporary exhibitions and ten special events annually. Reviewers criticized the National Mall building's architecture, particularly its lack of natural light. The museum is scheduled for remodeling as part of the Smithsonian's upcoming South Mall project.

Unpaged - 12 pages including covers. Staple-bound paperback brochure: H 21.5cm x L 16.25cm. Tan paper covers toned and lightly soiled with those qualities minimally affecting interior pages as well. Very modest publication with brief text and listing the 69 objects from Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Angola, and Rhodesia [Zimbabwe]. Illustrated with thirty-one b/w photos of the exhibited objects albeit with twenty-nine being small insets that reveal little detail, the other two being larger images on the front and rear covers. Published as the accompanying catalog for a 1967 exhibition held at the Museum of African Art which was located in a townhouse once owned by African American abolitionist Frederick Douglass (1817/18-1895) in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, DC. The museum was absorbed into the Smithsonian Institution in August 1979 and, in 1981, was renamed the National Museum of African Art and received it own building on the National Mall in 1987. African art scholarship in the United States was still a relatively nascent field in 1967 as this was prior to the publication of renowned professor Roy Sieber (1923-2001) primary monographs and before his 1983 ascent to Associate Director for Collections and Research at the National Museum of African Art.

Paperback. Condition: Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Presents 150 objects including sculpted masks and figures, regalia, items of personal adornment, textiles, furniture and household objects. Each is illustrated in colour and accompanied by a discussion of its meaning and use. The majority of works originate in sub-Saharan Africa.

Softcover. White and black wraps with burgundy and black lettering, color illustrations, 155 pp. Numerous and plentiful bw and color plates. Text by Roy Seiber and Roslyn Adele Walker ."Published in conjunction with an inaugural exhibition, African Art in the Cycle of Life, organized by the National Museum of African Art, September 28, 1987-March 20, 1988"--Title page verso. Shows examples of tomb figures, posts, ancestor figures, masks, chairs, stools, cups, boxes, and doors and describes the background of each work. Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-155). VG (light shelfwear to wraps and corners bumped).