LEIRIS (Michel) & DAMASE (Jacques) - Lot 207

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LEIRIS (Michel) & DAMASE (Jacques) - Lot 207
LEIRIS (Michel) & DAMASE (Jacques) Sculpture of the Tellem and the Dogon. London, Hanover Gallery, 1959. Narrow in-4, paperback, white cover illustrated with a large African sculpture in black, approximately 50 unnumbered pages, abundantly illustrated with black-and-white photographic reproductions. First edition, published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Hanover Gallery in London in 1959. The catalog features texts by Michel Leiris and Jacques Damase and photographs by Luc Joubert. The print run is said to have been limited to 2,000 copies. An important publication devoted to ancient Tellem and Dogon sculptures from Mali, particularly those from the Bandiagara Escarpment region. The catalog now serves as a particularly interesting historical record of several major works: some of the sculptures reproduced in this 1959 exhibition are still cited in the modern provenance records and bibliographies of the pieces in question. The book is also of particular interest due to the contribution of Michel Leiris, an ethnographer and writer who had himself taken part in the Dakar-Djibouti mission; his official bibliography clearly lists this catalog among his 1959 publications. A separate American edition, shorter and with different illustrations, was published the following year by the Pierre Matisse Gallery in New York (1960): it should therefore not be confused with this 1959 London catalog. A good copy. Some light soiling and small marks on the cover, minor creases, and signs of wear; the interior is clean overall.
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