LEIRIS (Michel) & DELANGE (Jacqueline). Black Africa - Lot 161

LEIRIS (Michel) & DELANGE (Jacqueline). Black Africa "L'Univers des Formes" series, edited by André Malraux and Georges Salles. Paris, Gallimard, circa 1967. A major work devoted to the arts of sub-Saharan Africa, written by Michel Leiris (1901–1990), writer, ethnologist, and a central figure in French anthropology, in collaboration with Jacqueline Delange. This comprehensive overview traces African visual traditions through sculpture, masks, ritual objects, court arts, and works associated with initiatory societies. The abundant illustrations reveal the diversity of forms produced in the major cultural centers of West, Central, and East Africa. Thanks to its extensive documentation and the exceptional quality of its reproductions, this volume remains one of the standard works in the *L’Univers des Formes* collection. This copy is preserved in its illustrated dust jacket featuring an African mask. A substantial quarto-sized volume bound in the publisher’s illustrated dust jacket, with numerous color and black-and-white reproductions.