MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART :The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection

Newton, Douglas (Text); Boltin, Lee (Photography); (Andre Malraux, Foreword; Nelson A. Rockefeller, Introduction)

ISBN 10: 0394500571 / ISBN 13: 9780394500577

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1982

About this Item

BRAND NEW & Collectible. 254 paramount works from the Nelson A. Rockefeller (1908 - 1979) collection of Primitive Art, encompassing Africa to the islands of Oceania, Pre-Columbian American art, and many Indian cultures of North America. Text by Douglas Newton (1920 - 2001) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and photographs from art photographer with a specialty in primitive works Lee Boltin (1917 - 1991).

Seller Inventory # 011182

Bibliographic Details

• Title: MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART :The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1982
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394500571
• ISBN 13: 9780394500577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Lee Boltin (Photographer)
• Edition: First Edition, First Thus
• Condition: COLLECTIBLE - NEW
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Anthropology/Ethnology
  • Museum
  • Arts/Fine Arts/Art History/Art Criticism

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Synopsis

This collection from Africa, Oceania, and pre-Columbian America features masks, vessels, and jewelry worked in precious stones and metals