The Art of the Pacific Islands
Washington DC: National Gallery of Art, 1979. First edition. hardcover. Quarto. 365 (1)pp. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Beige endpapers, illustrated free endpapers. Frontispiece. Catalog of one of the most comprehensive exhibitions of Pacific Art selected from private and public collections of Europe, the United States, and the Pacific countries. "The aim has been to choose those objects which were made before or collected at the earliest contact by Westerners, and which therefore reflect the most primitive state of the cultures. Objects in this profusely illustrated catalog are exquisite b/w and some color photographs depicting artifacts from Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. minor remnants of removed sticker on top right corner of front endpaper. Binding in overall very good, interior in near fine condition. vg. Item #35060
Price: $150.00