Tischner Herbert Text (3 results)

hardcover. B/w illustrations. Slim 4to, cloth, dust wrapper; d.w. some edgewear. Hamburg, n.d. Text in German. Near fine.

Hardcover. Full cloth; (tiny spot of minor soiling), Large 4to.,45pp + 96 b/w plates.German text. No d/j. Uncirculated Ex-lib with discreet discard stamps to edges with pocket in rear. Plates featuring art of the south seas. No D/j. else V.Good.

A classic mid-century survey of Oceanic tribal art, combining Friedrich Hewicker's striking photographic plates with Herbert Tischner's scholarly text. Covering Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia, the volume documents masks, carvings, ritual objects, and ceremonial artifacts, presenting them with a strong modernist photographic sensibility characteristic of 1950s art publishing. Includes maps of the Pacific region on interior boards and the original 'List of Plates' insert (front and back.) A visually compelling and historically important reference work in the study of indigenous Pacific art. Condition: Book is Very Good, with clean beige cloth boards, light surface wear, and a bump/crease to the fore-edge of the front board. Binding is sound. Interior is generally clean, with light, even toning typical of the period; plates remain crisp and well-preserved. Dust jacket is Fair, heavily worn with edge tears, chipping, creasing, and areas of loss, particularly at corners and spine ends; staining and splitting visible on the verso. First American edition, 1954, Pantheon Books, New York. Copyright page states 1954 with no additional printings indicated. Gravure plates printed by Braun et Cie, Mulhouse, France. Friedrich Hewicker was a German photographer known for his documentation of non-Western art and material culture, while Herbert Tischner (1906-1984) was a noted ethnologist specializing in Oceanic and African art. Tischner's work contributed significantly to Western understanding of indigenous artistic traditions, particularly in the Pacific.