MASKS. — Followed by a text by Leo Frobenius (1898) - Lot 221

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MASKS. — Followed by a text by Leo Frobenius (1898) - Lot 221
MASKS. — Followed by a text by Leo Frobenius (1898) Paris, Musée Dapper, 1995. A substantial in-4 volume, paperback, with a color-illustrated cover. 419 pp., extensive photographic illustrations in black-and-white and color, maps, bibliography, and index. An important catalog published in conjunction with the exhibition “Masks” held at the Musée Dapper in Paris from October 26, 1995, to September 30, 1996. The book includes contributions by Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau, Yves Le Fur, François Neyt, and Youssouf Tata Cissé, and presents approximately one hundred African masks, examined from both aesthetic and ethnological and ritual perspectives. The second part reproduces, in a French translation, Leo Frobenius’s “Ethnological Introduction,” taken from his book *Masks and Secret Societies of Africa*, published in 1898. This early study retains particular documentary value, as some of the pieces cataloged by Frobenius have since disappeared or been destroyed. First edition of this catalog, published in 1995, measuring approximately 33 cm. ISBN 2-906067-32-6 / 978-2-906067-32-5. Condition: Very worn copy. Cover heavily scuffed, scratched, creased, and marked, with significant tears and folds on the back cover; worn corners and cap edges. The binding is fragile, with the block beginning to separate, visible at the inner spine. Some foxing and stains. The interior, however, remains usable and is richly illustrated.
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