Webb Virginia Lee (60 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 84 pgs. Includes articles on African art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the photographs of Paul Gebauer, Moba shrine figures, carved columns from Grand BAssam, carved posts of the Lagoon region of Ivory Coast, and more. Light wear.

hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Hardcover with good dust-jacket. Ex-library with usual markings. Text clean and binding solid.

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

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

Condition: good. Good: The book has been read but is in good condition. It has very minimal damage to the cover, including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. The binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins. There are no missing pages. See the seller's listing for full details and a description of any imperfections.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Postcards from around the world. Green cloth hardcopy, gold title on spine. Ex-library with markings, spine label, stamps. 199 pp. Illustrated dust jacket with title on cover and spine. Plastic cover. Normal wear. Very good copy. Full refund if not satisfied. …

Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.

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

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. This catalog is clean and unmarked in very good condition. One page is a bit rumpled with a 1/2 inch tear.104 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Paperback. Quarto.104pp. Nicely illustrated with many color plates and from early photographs.

Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: as new. --ALL INVENTORY 40% OFF in Sept--Factory sealed. 136p. Measures 9.25x11.25 inches. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together many of the historical pieces collected by Western artists and important historic pieces for the first time, including the landmark collection of French writer and art dealer Jacques Viot, along with photographs by Paul Wirz. The book also explores how European Surrealist artists found inspiration in the art of New Guinea, highlighted by rarely seen photographs by Man Ray of Sentani sculpture.…

1998. Photography, Collectibles, Popular Culture, Antiques. Smithsonian Institution Press. 199p., fine boards and dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition, first printing . The binding is tight, corners sharp. Text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some very light handling, in a mylar cover. 4to. vii, 199pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Cloth, 136 pages, illustrations. (some colour), colour maps; 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Menil Collection, Houston, Texas, May 6 to August 28, 2011, and Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, England, September 27 to December 11, 2011. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. Richly illustrated with colour plates. *** "After Dutch expeditions reached New Guinea's Lake Sentani island and Humboldt Bay in the mid-1800s, Western visitors began collecting works by local artists. Ancestors of the Lake is a stunning look at the region's distinctive art, such as its highly stylized wooden sculptures and decoratively and abstractly designed barkcloths. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together many of these important historic pieces for the first time, including the landmark collection of French writer and art dealer Jacques Viot, along with photographs by Paul Wirz. The book also explores how European Surrealist artists found inspiration in the art of New Guinea, highlighted by rarely seen photographs by Man Ray of Sentani sculpture. / Virginia-Lee Webb is an art historian and retired Research Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: Acknowledgments, by Josef Helfenstein; Serendipitous beginnings: Maro and Othello in the Menil Collection, by Kristina Van Dyke; Introduction, by Virginia Lee-Webb; Lake Sentani art: connecting ancestors and descendants, chiefs and community, by Dirk Schmidt; Exploring the Lake: Sentani art in Dutch collections, by David van Duuren; It was like Paradise: Paul Wirz at Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, by Andrea E. Schmidt; Jacques Viot and the enchanted castle, by Phillippe Peltier; Paintings past, present, and future: Maro from Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, by Anna-Karina Hermkens; Sentani art and artists today: reflections from Agus Ongge, Ferri Kaigere, and Martha Ohee, by Anna-Karina Hermkens and Muridan Widjojo; Catalogue entries, by Virginia-Lee Webb; Selected bibliography; Index; Credits. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. No markings. Oversize.

Soft cover. Condition: As New. Pbk with French-fold wraps, 4to, 104pp, profusely illustr throughout, an excellent clean tight unmarked copy, as new.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Bound in publisher's original green cloth with spine stamped in gilt. Illustrated with 132 color and black and white photographs. 9 1/2 x 10 inches.199 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Green cloth. Green illustrated dust jacket. 199 pp. 132 figures, color and monochrome plates. The six contributors discuss how images of Plains Indians, World's Fair cards, and portraits from Africa, the Pacific Islands, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan documented distant cultures but also reinforced Western biases. Included are discussions about differences between original photos and their postcard equivalents as well as artificial settings, costumes and props, colorization, and captions that perpetuated racist, sexist, and romantic stereotypes.- from the dj flap.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Contains over 132 postcard images; many not previously published. Both book and dj are in a sound condition. Book has some internal tanning and spotting on the top edge. pp. vii, 199. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping & postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2612.…

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Hardcover. Condition: VG. VG to VG-. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; some small creases/chips/closed tears/bump at edges/corners. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; couple page corners creased; otherwise overall clean & tight. 199 pages.

Hardcover with dustjacket, 136 pages, as new condition; clean and crisp; no internal marks. Foreign shipping may be extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Edited by Christraud M Geary and Virginia-Lee Webb. Book is in excellent condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover has a little wear and has been wrapped in a clear plastic protective. 104 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. dust jacket with small crease at bottom edge of front panel. Dust jacket in clear protector. With 132 illustrations. 199pp 2.61lb 10.3x9.9x0.8in.

Hard. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st. First edition. Hard cover in dust jacket. Published Washington, D.C.,: Smithsonian Inst Scholarly Pr, 1998, first printing. 4to., 9 3/4" x 10 1/4", vii+199pp., illustrated with 132 reproductions. Some waviness to page block, initials on fly leaf, else near fine in near fine dust jacket.…

hardcover. Condition: Like New. Like New. First Edition. Publisher: Smithsonian, Washington DC, 1998.FINE hardcover book in FINE mylar-protected dust-jacket. First Edition, First Printing. As new. Pristine.