African Art in the Pierre Guerre Collection
Text in French and English. Catalogue of an exhibition that went to The South african National Gallery in1997. Full colour photographs.
Text in French and English. Catalogue of an exhibition that went to The South african National Gallery in1997. Full colour photographs.
Volume 37 Number 4 . Magazine.This issue is the South African Issue. Slight creasing to the cover. Details art development in South Africa .
Harry N. Abrahams Inc.2001. Cut to dust jacket that left mark on cover otherwise an excellent, well illustrated guide to African rock art.
Dust jacket in good condition. Previous owners inscription to end papers. Autobiography of the photographer famous for her book Vanishing Africa. ‘In 1929 her father an Italian wartime fighter pilot, and her mother a french sculptress, built themselves a an art decopalazzo on the shores of Lake Naivasha in Kenya…’
Dust jacket has some creasing to edges. Notes for a series of lectures given to the Hillbrow study centre from March to May 1964.
Text in German. Paperback copy in very good condition with very slight wear to edges. African stools and chairs. Black and white photographs.
12 signed lithographs. The book is no 12 of a limited edition of 50 copies. Inscribed to Gerald and Nancy. Watercolours of Cape Town. Slight scuff marks spine. Large cream paper boards.
On front cover and title page: 1873-1973. Tape marks on front and back endpapers. DW has creases along sides of spine. Top and bottom edges of dw spine slightly trimmed.
Very well illustrated. Text in German.
Binding is firm but worn, with some discolouration to the spine. Tropical worm damage,this consists mainly of small holes, about 8 to a page with about 1-2 mm diameter, they have the apperance of small ink spots. Cloth binding with embossed title.
With 1980 Supplement (1966-1980). Ink inscription on front fep. Lower edges of boards have small area of water/insect (?) damage. DW sunned on spine, chips at top edge.
Inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf. DW price clipped. DW faded at spine and folds, chipped along top edge.
The bottom pages are untrimmed. and jacket cover is bumped on top and bottom of spine. Previous owner’s name on fep.