Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative Sculpture
by Hellmich, Christina; Jordan, Manuel [editors]
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 3791354337
- ISBN 13
- 9783791354330
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
San Francisco / New York: Large format hardcover bound in light gray cloth, in publisher's white pictorial dust-jacket. 304 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs by Robert A. Kato. First edition, no additional printing listed. Exhibition Catalog, published on the occasion of the eponymously named show organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, January 31 - July 5, 2015. This book highlights the wide-ranging Richard H. Scheller Collection of figurative sculptures drawn from across sub-Saharan Africa on the occasion of its first public exhibition. No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will requi, 2014. Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Large format hardcover bound in light gray cloth, in publisher's white pictorial dust-jacket. 304 pages. Profusely illustrated throughout with color photographs by Robert A. Kato. First edition, no additional printing listed. Exhibition Catalog, published on the occasion of the eponymously named show organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, January 31 - July 5, 2015. This book highlights the wide-ranging Richard H. Scheller Collection of figurative sculptures drawn from across sub-Saharan Africa on the occasion of its first public exhibition. "Texts by leading scholars enhance the understanding of 122 objects, alongside essays on major sculptures and themes." No previous ownership marks. A clean, tight, fresh and unmarked copy, like new. As new in an as new dust-jacket. A large, heavy book, Priority and International orders will require additional postage, calculated as close to actual cost as possible. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020650
- Title
- Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative Sculpture
- Author
- Hellmich, Christina; Jordan, Manuel [editors]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 3791354337
- ISBN 13
- 9783791354330
- Publisher
- Large format hardcover bound in light gray cloth, in publisher's white pictorial dust-jacket. 304 pages. Profusely illustr
- Place of Publication
- San Francisco / New York
- Date Published
- 2014
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15"
- Keywords
- African Art, Sculpture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Africa;
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