BIHALJI-MERIN (Oto), The Masters of Naïve Art - Lot 48

BIHALJI-MERIN (Oto), The Masters of Naïve Art La Connaissance - Brussels, 1972. Large quarto, hardcover with illustrated dust jacket. A comprehensive overview of the leading figures in international naïve painting. The author compiles and discusses the works of the great masters of the genre, from Le Douanier Rousseau to the schools of Central Europe, the Balkans, and Latin America. Rich iconography in color and black-and-white, illustrating the evolution of this artistic movement characterized by its freedom of invention, its rejection of academic conventions, and its evocative power. Complete copy but with a heavily damaged dust jacket, as visible in the photographs.