Islands and Ancestors: Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia
by Barbier, Jean Paul; Newton, Douglas: Editors
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 3791308998
- ISBN 13
- 9783791308999
- Seller
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About This Item
Germany: Prestel, 1988. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. 362 pages. Bibliography. 37 color, 40 duotone and 293 black and white illustrations. "Published in conjunction with a two-part exhibition of the same name at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Drawing upon the extensive collection of the distinguished Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, and supplemented by loans and gifts from private sources, the exhibition was the first semi-permanent showing of this important field of non-Western art to be organized by an East-Coast museum in the United States." - from dust jacket. Book in pristine condition - clean, crisp, bright and unmarked. Dust jacket bears light wear and is now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart. Lovely copy..
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- RareNonFiction.com (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 853a2013
- Title
- Islands and Ancestors: Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia
- Author
- Barbier, Jean Paul; Newton, Douglas: Editors
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 3791308998
- ISBN 13
- 9783791308999
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Place of Publication
- Germany
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- ART ASIAN HISTORY Islands and Ancestors: Indigenous Styles of Southeast Asia Indonesia Barbier-Mueller Museum in Geneva, and supplemented by loans and gifts from private sources, the exhibition was the first semi-permanent showing of this important fiel
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- Folio - over 12" - 15" tall
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