Some publications / books / monographs about antique, classical, ethnic, ethnographic,
ethno-tribal, native, ritual, traditional, tribal, so-called "primitive" art
from Sub-Saharan black Africa,
published in the year 1977:
African Arts
October 1977, Volume XI, Number 1. African Studies Center, University of
California, Los Angeles, California.
93 pages
Many color and black and white photos and other illustrations.
Soft cover.
Approximately 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
The topics cover include: Paul Gebauer: In Memoriam; The Iconography of Asante
Sword Ornaments; The Arts of Ghana; S. J. Akpan of Nigeria; A Kongo Drum Stand;
ELC Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift; Projections From the Top in Yoruba
Art; Festac 1977; Speculations on Dogon Iconography; Sikilen: Transformation of
a Sisala Masquerade; Santigie Sesay: Sierra Leone Carver; and many other
interesting items
sold on Ebay in 2008 11 Euro
FINE AFRICAN-OCEANIC & PRE-COLUMBIAN ART
February 1977
207 lots
sold on Ebay in 2007 11 Euro, in 2008 18 Euro
CATALOGUE BOISGIRARD
COLLECTION DE MONSIEUR A. MULLER
ART NEGRE
Expert : J.Roudillon
DROUOT - 2/03/ 1977
Broché in 8 ( 24 x 18 cm)
20 pages
49 objets d'art proposés
27 reproductions photographiques n&b
Au sein de ce catalogue : Les 41 objets d'arts de la Collection Muller ( 37
d'Afrique & 4 d'Océanie - Amérique ) + Liste de 6 objets d'art ( sans photo )
Parmi les objets d'art de la collection Muller : Poulie de métier à tisser ,
statue anthropomorphe , masques , &c
old on Ebay in 2008 23 Euro
CATALOGUE LAURIN
ART NEGRE
Expert : J. Roudillon
Drouot - 5/6/13/ Mai 1977
Broché format in 8 ( 24x19 cm)
36 pages
352 objets d'art au total présentés
Descriptifs & nombreuses reproductions photographiques nb ( 37 )
Au sein de ce catalogue : coupes céremionielles, statuettes fétiches, masques (
de société secrète, tête de bovidé, à visage humain,...)
sold on Ebay in 2008 12 Euro
Sotheby's
African Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art from the PINTO Collection The Property of
Mrs Morris J. Pinto
London
9th may 1977
24 x 19 cm
94 p.
135 lots ill. mainly in b/w, some in colour
One of the major early collections of oceanic and African art
sold on Ebay in 2009 52 Euro
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Sotheby's
London
Catalogue of Tribal Art
"Benin"
1977-7-12
soft cover
including African art
Sale title - Tribal Art, American Indian, Pre-Columbian, Oceanic & African Art
The Property of The Hon. Alan Clark, M.P., & other owners.
No. of lots - 199
No. of pages - 24 plus 41 plates
Illustrated - Black and white/colour
price before the auction 1.9 GBP
available in 2007 20 $
sold on Ebay in 2008 14, 19 Euro
Sotheby's Parke Bernet Inc.
African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian and American Indian Art
14./15. October 1977
687 Lots
LOUDMER-POULAIN
Paris
3-5 Dec 1977
TRIBAL ART PRIMITIF
this is a HARDCOVER catalog
French Title: ARTS PRIMITIFS
278 Lots, B/W and some COLOR pictures
Collections Eluard Loeb Rasmussen
sold on Ebay in 2008 12 Euro, in 2010 50 Euro
GALERIE WOLFGANG KETTERER
23 AUKTION
AUCTION CATALOG
FEATURING AFRICAN ART, OCEANIC AND ESKIMO
MUNCHEN
116 PAGES
283 LOTS
ILLUSTRATED MOSTLY B&W PHOTOS WITH A FEW COLOR PAGES
GERMAN TEXT WITH SOME ENGLISH TEXT
sold on Ebay in 2008 8 Euro
T J H Chappel Decorated Gourds in North Eastern Nigeria published by The Nigerian Museum 1977 tells of the one-off carving of gourds by the former province of Adamawa
La maternité dans les arts premiers - Het moederschap in de primitieve
kunsten
ouvrage bilingue (FR/NL) paru lors de l'exposition tenue du 13 mai au 30 juin
1977
1977
124 pages
Table des matières :
- Avant-propos / Voorword ;
- La maternité dans les arts premiers / Het moederschap in de oerkunst ;
- Les fabricants du surhumain / Scheppers van het bovenmenselijke ;
- La gémellité, ses coutumes et ses mythes / Het tweelingschap, gewoonten en
overleveringen ;
- Maternités du Bas-Zaïre / Moedersculptuur van Neder-Zaïre ;
- La maternité dans le Mexique préhispanique / Het moederschap in Mexico voor de
Spaanse verovering ;
- Afrique / Afrika ;
- Amérique précolombienne / Precolumbiaans Amerika ;
- Océanie / Oceanië ;
- Ouvrages à consulter / Te raadplegen werken
dimensions : 24 x 21 cm
7 illustrations en couleurs et 127 illustrations en noir et blanc
sold on Ebay in 2007 12 Euro, in 2008 22 Euro
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Oerkunsten van Zwart Afrika = Arts premiers d'Afrique noire Brussel Gemeentekrediet / Credit Communal 1977 165 pp. 27 x 21 cm softcover Text in Dutch & French.
Exposition dans la Galerie Studio 44 à Bruxelles) Exhibition of 122
African sculptured objects out of Belgian private
collections. Catalogue of the exhibition of 1977 at the Studio 44 gallery in Brussels
Tweetalige tekst.
Une superbe et importante exposition à Bruxelles au Passage 44 en 1977 montrant
des objets rarement exposés.
Sélection des objets et commentaires par Philippe Guimiot et Lucien Van de
Velde.
122 chefs d'oeuvre provenant des collections Blankaert, Bronsin, Dartevelle, De
Brock, Delwart, Gilles, de Grunne, Guimiot, Jernander, Laloux, Muller, Tursch,
Van de Velde, Van Turnhout, Verbeemen.
Poids - weight = 680 g b/w & some coloured ills., sewn All sculptures are illustrated.
available in 2007 15, 20, 42 Euro, in 2008 50 Euro
sold on Ebay in 2008 30, 33, 43, 47 Euro, in 2009 30 Euro
Neyt, Francois La Grande Statuaire Hemba du Zaire Louvain-la-Neuve Publications d'Histoire de l'Art et d'Archeologie de l'Universite Catholique
de Louvain - XII 1977 520 pp 28 x 22 cm abondamment illustré avec des centaines de photos (3 en couleur, les autres
en n/b), cartes, dessins, relié avec jaquette
2500 gr Sommaire : - le cadre géographique et le milieu humain
- méthodologie
- catalogue des
effigies d'ancêtres hemba : style classique niembo - style niembo à cou
annelé - style "sayi" - styles yambula et niembo - style niembo de la Luika
- styles muhona et nkuvu - styles des hemba septentrionaux - styles mambwe
et kahela - styles kusu et "buli" - styles à calotte - styles à tresses -
pièces hemba atypiques et oeuvres majeures des styles avoisinants. - étude
des principales composantes morphologiques et stylistiques - études des
coiffures, parures, tatouages et emblèmes de prestige - détermination des
styles
- technique et art - art et histoire
- culte des ancêtres et objets
rituels Mots-clés : Hemba - art africain - tribal art - Neyt - Congo - african art -
arts premiers. THE reference book about the Hemba statuary. Profusely illustrated in b&w.
This massive volume is a comprehensive stylistic study by noted authority
Francois Neyt of the Congolese statuary and carvings of the Hemba, and
associated peoples. The aesthetic and technical aspects of the sculpture,
the historical, political, social and economic aspects of the societies that
created them. Cloth with dust jacket.
sold on Ebay in 2007 427 $, in 2008 318 $, in 2009 345
Euro
auteur : de eigenlijke catalogus van de tentoongestelde werken werd
oppgesteld aan de hand van de gegevens gecontroleerd door mej.h.van geluwe en de
heer a.maesen
AFRIKAANSE KUNST EN PERMEKE
Provinciaal museum - constant permeke - jabbeke 30 oktober/27 november 1977
éditeur : provincie west-vlaanderen
1977
nombre de pages : 32 pages imprimées
commentaire : catalogue de l'exposition (1977) présentant la magnifique
collection d'art africain du célèbre peintre constant permeke.
27 photos en noir et blanc
langue : néerlandais (dutch)
format : 18cm x 25cm
reliure : souple (soft cover)
poids : 110 g
sold on Ebay in 2008 32 Euro
catalog, essay and notes by Henry John Drewal
Traditional Art of the Nigerian Peoples - Ratner coll.
Washington
Museum of African Art
1977
57 p.
11 x 8 1/2
28 x 22 cm
57 items described and ill. in b/w
Softcover
An uncommon and scarce catalog
Poids - weight = 250 g
sold on Ebay in 2007 32 Euro
Tribal Art Gallery Two
EKON SOCIETY PUPPETS Sculptures for social Criticism New York
1977 14 p. 21 x 20 cm 12 ill. in b/w
sold 12 $ n Ebay in 2007
Marcilene K Wittmer Cameroon: An exhibition of African art from the collection of William &
Robert Arnett Atlanta, Georgia [at the] Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina January 16 - March 20, 1977 73 pp.
28 x 21 cm 118 items ill. in b/w. Softcover Presenting masks, stools, house posts, figures, drums, gongs, drinking
horns, trumpet, bowl The Grasslands (Kom, Babanki, Bamileke, Babungo, Bangwa, Mambila, Wum (Aghem),
Bum (Bafum), Bamessing, Batcham, Bamum), – The Northern Perimeter (Mambila, Boki)
– The Upper Cross River Region (Keaka, Anyang, Widekum) – The Southern Forests (Douala, …)
sold on Ebay in 2007 39 $
William C. Siegmann and Cynthia E. Schmidt
ROCK OF THE ANCESTORS Namoa Kôni - Liberian Art and Material Culture from the
Collections of the Africana Museum
Suakoko Liberia Cuttington University College
1977
28 x 22 cm
102 p.
139 ill. in b/w
Softcover
With ethnic map.
Scarce publication showing the diversity of the material culture of Liberian
ethnic groups, each item is illustrated and described with it function.
Contents :
- Masks (Mende, Gola, Bassa, Vai, Loma, Kran, Grebo, Dan, Mano) and personal
masks (Dan, Mano, Kpelle, Loma, Bassa, Bandi, Grebo)
- Figurative sculpture (Mende, Kissi, Gbi, Kran, Bassa, Dan, Kpelle, Mano, Kran,
Mandingo, Bandi, Vai, Mende)
- Household furnishings (stools, gameboards, spoons, bowls ... of different
ethnic groups)
- Personal adornment
- Musical instruments
Weight - Poids = 450 g
sold on Ebay in 2008 70 Euro
Author: Frederick Cummings
Detroit Collects African Art
Publisher: The Detroit Institute of Art
Publication Date: 1977
200 black and white plates of objects
Softcover
sold on Ebay in 2008 11 Euro
Pamela McClusky text
African Masks and Muses: Selections of African Art in the Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Art Musem
1977
40 objects from the collection described in detail with black and white images
Softcover
sold on Ebay in 2008 12, 17 Euro
Problèmes d'analyse de la sculpture traditionnelle du Gabon
Louis Perrois
Paris
O.R.S.T.O.M.
1977
24 x 17 cm
124 p.
5 planches, nombreuses ill. sous forme de dessins.
Broché
Une publication excessivement rare. Par LE spécialiste de l'art du Gabon.
Sommaire
- Conditions préliminaires de l'étude de la sculpture traditionnelle
- Les grandes classifications de l'art negre
- Exposé théorique de la méthode d'analyse ethnomorphologique
- Analyse morphologique des statues fang
- La statuaire fang : styles du nord et du sud
- Geographie stylistique du Gabon
- Art traditionnel art sacré
- Techniques sculpturales au Gabon
- L'univers esthétique des peuples gabonais
- Conclusion, annexes, bibliographie
Poids - weight = 400 g
sold on Ebay in 2009 72 Euro
Alain Jacob
Poteries-ivoires de l'Afrique Noire
Numéro hors série ABC Décor
Octobre 1977
82 pages
Herbert Cole and Doran H. Ross The Arts of Ghana Los Angeles
Museum of Cultural History, University of California 1977
290 pages
with 401 black and white and numerous color plates
This is the vibrant, authoritative catalogue for a touring exhibition of
Ghanaian Art curated by two of the preeminent scholars in the field: Herbert
Cole and Doran Ross.
The assembled pieces include domestic and utilitarian, cult, and state arts -
demonstrating the variety and complexity of the tribal arts of Ghana, as well as
the skills of its makers.
Textiles, Ceramics, Pottery, Jewelry, Masks, Terracotta, Ivory, Body Painting
available at Zemanek in 2007 40 Euro
soft cover available in 2008 64, 69, 72, 82, 92 Euro
soft cover sold on Ebay in 2010 53 Euro
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