Michael Hamson (34 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Paperback. Condition: New. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Condition: New. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

paperback. Condition: New. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Condition: Very Good. The cover has light edge wear. The pages are clean and unmarked.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Oversize paperback catalog. A good copy with some scuffing and light soil to the covers, and minor bumps to the corners. Interior is clean and unmarked. Binding is solid though lacking in tightness especially at the last gatherings. 112 pp., glossy magazine style pages with full color representation of 49 pieces of art from New Guinea.…

Paperback. Condition: New. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

softcover. Condition: Collectible; Like New. First Edition; First Printing. Numerous full page color plates. ; Tight, clean and crisp. A gently read book in excellent condition. No inscriptions. No remainder mark. Not ex-library.

Paperback. Condition: New. 68 pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. We ship to U.S. addresses from N.Y. state.

Paperback. Condition: As New. 192 pages. Essays by Michael Hamson, Virginia Lee Webb, Richard Aldridge and Crispin Howarth. Map, numerous historical field photos from Paul Wirz, John Vandercook, William Lawes, Ernest Sterne Usher and A.B. Lewis. 78 object plates illustrate Papuan Gulf art. Total of 180 never-before published pieces. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.…

paperback. Condition: As New. Appears unread. U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state.

Paperback. Condition: As New. Includes PRICE LIST. 272 pages. 8 color photographs and a color map followed by 174 color photographs of numerous objects (spatulas, mortars and pestles, lime stoppers and containers, axes, adze, mallet, splashboards, wave-splitter finial, pulleys, net floats, figures, staffs, ladles, serving dish, containers, pig net hooks, headrests, finger drums, shields, clubsnecklaces, wand, trade armbands, stone axe blades, hand drums, combs, pottery and tapa cloths). U.S. orders are shipped from N.Y. state. …

Hardcover. Condition: Excellent. Dust Jacket Condition: Excellent. First Edition. 4to, 104pp. Fully illustrated in color. Hardcover with dustjacket, in excellent condition. Firm binding and crisp, clean, interior. No markings or signs of prior ownership. The d/j is now protected in a new clear Mylar wrapper. A great copy, almost like new.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very good. Dust jacket is slightly wavy, more from packing, not from water.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Condition: Fine. International shipping will be extra. Thank you.

Condition: Good. 4to. [ca. 60 pp.], Soft Cover, Very Good, Color Plates.

Softcover. Condition: Near fine. First edition. First edition. Softcover. 11 3/4'' x 8 1/2''. 271pp. Illustrated throughout in color. Light wear to covers.

121 pp.; 24.9 x 19.9 cm.; sewn bound; other special feature[s]; black-and-white & color; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; offset-printed; 2004 issue of Cabinet Magazine based around the theme of "Futures." Edited by Sina Najafi, Jeffrey Kastner, Frances Richard, David Serlin. Futures section edited by Daniel Rosenberg. Contents include : "Colors / Khaki," by Ben Marcus; "Inventory / Fallen Figures & Heads : Leon Golub's Lists," by David Levi Strauss; "Ingestion / The Shelf-Life of Liquefying Objects," by James Hunt; "Leftovers / What to Do with a Worn-Out Koran," by Michael Cook; "Edison's Warriors," by Christoph Cox; "Triskelion," by Sasha Archibald; "Border Sound Files: Excerpts from an Audio Essay," by Josh Kun; "Borderline Archeology," by Jesse Lerner; "Data and Metadata : An Interview with Murtha Baca and Erin Coburn," by Eve Meltzer and Julia Meltzer; "100,000 Bottles of Beer in the Wall," by Paul Collins; "Cutaneous : An Interview with Steven Connor," by Brian Dillon; "The Figurative Incaarnation of the Sentence (Notes on the 'Autographic' Skin)," by Georges Didi-Huberman; "The Hand Up Project: Attempting to Meet the New Needs of Natural Life-Forms," by Elizabeth Demaray; "Thinking Futures," by Daniel Rosenberg and Susan Harding; "Very Slow Scan Television," by Gebhard Sengmüller and Jakob Edlbacher; "Desert Modernism," by Joseph Masco; "CD Insert / Fast Forward," with audio by Woodrow Wilson, Janek Schaefer, Achim Wollscheid, Kara Lynch, Luz Maria Sánchez, Manuel Rocha Iturbide, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Harald Bode, Microsound-org, George H. W. Bush, and The Quiet American; "Artist Project / Naturalia," by Aziz + Cucher; "The Use of Drugs to Influence Time Experience;" "The Day Before the Day After;" "The Trouble with Timelines," by Daniel Rosenberg; "A Timeline of Timelines," by Sasha Archibald and Daniel Rosenberg; "Phases of Life 1 : The Artificial Foster-Mother," by Samantha Vicenty; "Phases of Life 2 : The Family Room of Tomorrow," by Joseph Masco; "Phases of Life 3 : Living at Death's Door," by Nicholas Sammond; "Hummingbird Futures," by Daniel Rosenberg; "The Veterans of Future Wars," by Susan Hamson; "The Sexual Archipelago," by Jessica Sewell; "The Eight-Fold Path to Knowing Ra," by Greg Rowland; "The Martian Variations;" "Scent from the Future," by Miryam Sas; "Manifesto of the Japanese Futurist Movement," by Hirato Renkichi; "The Cabinet Time Capsule;" "Postcard / Message to the Future, 1897," by Gallop, Wilkins, Sainsbury, Chester & Pickernell "Bookmark / Alien Timeline," by Joe Nickell. Includes contributor biographies. Very Good. Light yellowing and soiling of covers with light edge-wear. 1.9 cm. dog-ear to first page with light yellowing of pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Includes slipped-in CD.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Palos Verdes Estates, The Author, 2007. Quarto, 112 pages with numerous colour illustrations from photographs by Brian Forrest. Colour pictorial card covers with flaps; covers lightly scuffed; an excellent copy. Exhibition catalogue.

Condition: Good. Original black cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs mostly in colour, small maps, 4to.; Rear bottom corner bumped.

Condition: New. pp. 336.

Condition: New. pp. 336.

Condition: Good. Original black cloth, dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour, 4to.

264 pages, illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback 30.5x22cms. ISBN: 9781450758239. Covers the classic but often misattributed art of the Boiken culture from Papua New Guinea's northern coast.

174 pp.; c.150 illus., biblio. 20 essays. Palos Verdes Estates, 2021. Pbk. KEYWORDS: 020 Oceania/Australia.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Art of the Abelam is considered a rare and highly collectible book. Book condition is near fine. Hard cover. Dust jacket near fine. Book boards are clean & unmarked front & back of the book. Book block is clean & unmarked all sides of the book. Spine intact. Text body is clean & unmarked throughout the book. Over-all an excellent and neat copy of the book. Extra charges for over-sea shipping as the weight is over 500grams. Actual weight of the book is 1.962kg. Heavy book. Art of the Abelam is a 264-page hardcover exhibition catalogue edited by premier Oceanic art dealer Michael Hamson, published to accompany his 2015 Parcours des Mondes exhibition in Paris. The book serves as a high-quality visual and scholarly survey celebrating the peak of Abelam artistry from Papua New Guinea. Exceptional Masterpieces: The catalogue features 170 historical Abelam objects. The curated selection deliberately highlights older, museum-quality pieces to display the absolute best of the region's traditional craftsmanship. Scholarly Essays: It compiles critical commentary, field insights, and contextual research through contributing essays written by prominent tribal art experts, including: Siobhan Campbell, Laurent Granier, Virginia-Lee Webb, Ph.D. Diane Sheehan Michael Hamson Anthropological Themes : Explored While showcasing physical carvings and masks, the volume contextualises how closely tied Abelam art is to their spiritual life and agriculture: The Power of Paint: Explores how the Abelam viewed paint as an animating force. Without ritually produced pigments, a carving was considered "dead wood. "Yam Culture: Contextualises iconic pieces like wooden yam masks, which are used during public ceremonies to decorate harvested long yams, transforming both the crop and the community members to honor ancestral spirits. Out of Print: Because copies were primarily distributed to gallery clients and specialized institutions at the time of the exhibition, it is now entirely out of print from the source.…

264 pages Illustrated throughout in colour. Hardback 30.5x21.5cms. ISBN: 9781495168376. 170 object catalogue of works from the East Sepik Province of Papua New Guinea produced by the Abalan, one of the most prolific art producing cultures on the island. It that accompanied the 'Parcours des Mondes' exhibition in Paris. …

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 2019. Between the Known and Unknown: New Guinea Art from Astrolobe Bay to Morobe In englischer Sprache. pages.

Hardcover. Condition: gut. 2019. Art of the Abelam In englischer Sprache. pages.

Condition: bon. 2022, in-4 broché (120 pages). Entièrement illustré. bon.