Royal Art of Benin: The Perls Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Tapa dura - 1992

Abrams, Inc., 1992. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Harry N. Abrams, 1992. First printing. 4to. 330 pp. Red cloth. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Rubbing and shelfwear to jacket. Folding exhibition card laid in. Hardcover. Fine.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 1992. Paperback. VG (Edgewear to wraps; interior is clean; binding is solid.). Photo-illustrated wraps with cream-colored and black lettering; xiii, 330 pp.; richly illustrated. "For more than 500 years, the artists of the West African kingdom of Benin created objects in brass, ivory, terracotta, and wood for use in divine kingship rituals, to adorn the royal palaces, and to identify the king, chiefs, warriors, and other officials at court. This volume presents a recent gift to The Metropolitan Museum of Art of over 150 works of Benin sculpture, making the Museum's collection of sixteenth- to nineteenth-century Benin art one of the most. Comprehensive in the world. Among the objects--many reproduced in full color--are brass heads depicting past kings and queen mothers, free-standing brass figures, exquisite plaques, insignia of office, cast brass and carved ivory bracelets, carved elephant tusks, personal ornaments, musical… Leer más

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.: Harry N Abrams Inc, 1992. hardcover in fine condition with near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. Fine/Fine.

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art / Abrams, 1992. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in red cloth-covered boards and near fine dust jacket with rubbing and the remains a previous sticker on the reverse side of the dust jacket.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Abrams, 1992. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 330 page monograph is lavishly illustrated with color photographs of the amazing artworks from this African nation along with a profuse number of black and white illustrations of related works and examples of the artworks in use in the tribe. Cloth binding and all interior pages are in pristine, new condition, with a dustjacket in equally fine condition. Published in connection with the exhibition of the same name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art New York from January 16-September 13, 1992, Glossary. Bibliography..

Harry N Abrams, 1992-03-01. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Harry N Abrams Inc. hardcover. Like New. 1x9x12. Brand new gift quality hardcover in jacket oversized and overweight. e21 Please email for photos.