Comprising, 1. The Art of the Yellow Man. 2. The Art of the Black Man. 3. The Art of the White Man
43 pages of text, 21 black and white plates, decorated brown card wrappers with stains on the front cover, starting to wear at the stapled contents in the front of the book and at the top of the spine - a good copy.
Private edition limited to 500 copies of which this is number 271
Loosely inserted is an essay Landscapes of the Soul - 8 pages - written by Abbé Henri Breuil to Walter Battiss on the occasion of the prehistoric art exhibition opened by Professor C.Van Riet Lowe at the Gainsborough Galleries Johannesburg on 24 October 1944.
There is also loosely inserted a A5 size two tone drawing in beige and green signed by Walter Battiss - The Busman's God -the Mantis
From the foreword by the artist: This book is an introduction to the arts of three peoples of Southern Africa, and is the first book to be published in English in South Africa dealing with the arts and crafts of the Bantu and the art of the European.
- Overall Condition: A Good Copy
- Size: 4to (260 x 190 mm)
- Sold By: Clarke's Africana & Rare Books
- Contact Person: Paul Mills
- Country: South Africa
- Email: [email protected]
- Telephone: 021 794 0600
- Preferred Payment Methods: Visa & Mastercard via PayGate secure links and Bank transfers.
- Trade Associations: ABA - ILAB, SABDA
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