[PRE-COLUMBIAN ART — MEXICO]. — EKHOLM (Gordon F.). Stone Sc - Lot 6

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[PRE-COLUMBIAN ART — MEXICO]. — EKHOLM (Gordon F.). Stone Sc - Lot 6
[PRE-COLUMBIAN ART — MEXICO]. — EKHOLM (Gordon F.). Stone Sculpture from Mexico. New York, The Museum of Primitive Art, Summer 1959. Large quarto, paperback, cover illustrated with a major pre-Columbian Mexican sculpture; [32] pages, lavishly illustrated with large black-and-white photographic reproductions, several of which are full-page. Catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition *Stone Sculpture from Mexico*, held at the Museum of Primitive Art in New York in 1959. The archives of the Metropolitan Museum of Art indicate that the exhibition ran from May 20 to September 13, 1959, and attribute the introductory text to archaeologist Gordon F. Ekholm. A beautiful publication devoted exclusively to stone sculpture from pre-Columbian Mexico, featuring works from the Colima, Veracruz, Huastec, and Maya cultures, among others. The illustrations, which are particularly spectacular, depict the sculptures in isolation against a neutral background, highlighting their monumental scale: anthropomorphic incense burners, carved heads, deities, and ritual figures. The book is one of the first specialized catalogs published by the Museum of Primitive Art, a New York institution founded by Nelson A. Rockefeller. The exhibition is listed as No. 8 in the Museum of Primitive Art’s chronology. This copy is missing the small separate catalog insert (“handlist”) that originally accompanied some copies and listed the works on display: the Metropolitan Museum describes the complete edition as including an [8]-page insert. The photographed copy, however, features the complete main volume, with small, old pencil annotations on the title page. The cover is slightly scuffed and shows a few minor signs of wear; the interior is in good condition.
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