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Embodiments : masterworks of African figurative sculpture

Title
Embodiments : masterworks of African figurative sculpture / edited by Christina Hellmich and Manuel Jordán ; photography by Robert A. Kato ; with Richard H. Scheller [and twenty two others].
Publication
New York : Delmonico Books / Prestel, [2015]

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Additional Authors
  • Hellmich, Christina
  • Jordán, Manuel
  • Kato, Robert A.
  • M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, host institution.
  • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Description
303 pages : color illustrations, color map; 31 cm
Subject
  • Scheller, Richard > Art collections > Exhibitions
  • Wood sculpture, African > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, African > Exhibitions
  • Figure sculpture, African > Exhibitions
  • Sculpture, African > Private collections > California > San Francisco > Exhibitions
Note
  • "Published by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and DelMonico Books / Prestel on the occasion of the exhibition Embodiments: Masterworks of African Figurative Sculpture, de Young, San Francisco, January 31-July 5, 2015. This exhibition is organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-298) and index.
Contents
The genesis of an African art collection / Richard H. Scheller -- Introduction / Manuel Jordán -- Fang statuary : from classic to iconic / Bernard de Grunne -- "Africa is continually bringing forth something new" : the canonical and non-canonical in the Scheller collection / Constantine Petridis -- On and below the surface : a convervator's view of African sculpture / Lesley Bone with contributions by Richard H. Scheller -- Shaped by light : photographing the Scheller collection / Robert A. Kato.
Call Number
Sc+ G 15-47
ISBN
  • 9783791354330 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 3791354337 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
2014031231
OCLC
887858388
Title
Embodiments : masterworks of African figurative sculpture / edited by Christina Hellmich and Manuel Jordán ; photography by Robert A. Kato ; with Richard H. Scheller [and twenty two others].
Publisher
New York : Delmonico Books / Prestel, [2015]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Note
Schomburg copy with dust jacket.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 294-298) and index.
Added Author
Hellmich, Christina, editor.
Jordán, Manuel, editor.
Kato, Robert A., photographer.
M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, host institution.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Research Call Number
Sc+ G 15-47
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