ROY (Christopher D.) THE DOGON OF MALI AND UPPER VOLTA — DIE - Lot 269

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ROY (Christopher D.) THE DOGON OF MALI AND UPPER VOLTA — DIE - Lot 269
ROY (Christopher D.) THE DOGON OF MALI AND UPPER VOLTA — DIE DOGON VON MALI UND OBER-VOLTA. Munich, Fred and Jens Jahn, 1983. Narrow 8vo (approx. 24 cm), paperback, illustrated cover. 60 pp., bilingual English-German text, bibliography, and 22 black-and-white photographic reproductions—several of them full-page—featuring Dogon sculptures, statuettes, seats, and other ritual objects. First edition of this exhibition catalog, published by the Fred und Jens Jahn Gallery in Munich in 1983. An interesting catalog devoted to the art of the Dogon people of Mali and the former Upper Volta, by African art historian Christopher D. Roy. Each work reproduced is accompanied by a detailed entry describing its function, iconography, and ritual context: male and female figures, fertility-related depictions, ancestral sculptures, and ceremonial seats. This publication has become a bibliographic reference in the field of African art. In particular, it continues to be cited in specialized auction catalogs to document and compare Dogon sculptures: several works that have appeared on the market are explicitly compared to the pieces reproduced in this volume, sometimes with a precise page reference. The catalog’s documentary value is enhanced by its relative specialization and its association with the Fred Jahn Gallery, which is active in the study and promotion of African art. The book was also the subject of a review in the scholarly journal *African Arts* as early as 1984. Copy in good overall condition. Some slight scuffing and soiling on the cover; a small pencil mark indicating the price on the title page; interior clean and well-preserved.
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