AN IMPORTANT COLLECTION OF BOOKS RELATING TO AFRICAN ART

comprising 522 books, periodicals, and auction catalogues from the library of an important collector of African art (see Sotheby's Paris, A New York Collection, November 30, 2010); also includes several books on Oceanic art.

Wear and tear throughout. Some books with written notes, placeholders, stickers, and missing dust jackets.
In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.

Including copies of: Jean Paul Barbier, Art of Côte d'Ivoire; Marie Louise Bastin, Introduction aux arts d'Afrique noire; Ezio Bassani, Jacob Epstein, collector; Jean-Paul Colleyn, Bamana: the art of existence in Mali; Bernard De Grunne, Mains de maitres: A la decouverte des sculpteurs d'Afrique; Henry John Drewal, et al., Yoruba: nine centuries of African art and thought; Carl Einstein, Negerplastik; Ekpo Eyo, Two thousand years of Nigerian art; William Fagg, African Tribal Images; Paul Gebauer, Art of Cameroon; Paul Guillaume, Primitive Negro sculpture; Paul Guillaume, et al., Sculptures negres; Iris Hahner-Herzog, et al., African masks: from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva; Pierre Harter, Arts anciens du Cameroun; Hans Himmelheber, Negerkunst and Negerkünstler; Jacques Kerchache, Portraits croisés; Kurt Krieger, Westafrikanische Plastik (3 volumes); Alisa LaGamma, Eternal Ancestors: The Art of the Central African Reliquary; Raoul Lehuard, Art Bakongo; Raoul Lehuard, Fetiches a clous du Bas-Zaire; Michel Leiris, Afrique noire: la création plastique; Pierre Meauze, African Art; Douglas Newton, Masterpieces of Primitive Art; Douglas Newton, et al., Tribal Sculpture... ; François Neyt, La grande statuaire Hemba du Zaire; François Neyt, Luba: aux sources du Zaire; François Neyt, Songye; Frans M. Olbrechts, In search of Art in Africa; Louis Perrois, et al., Art of Equatorial Guinea: the Fang Tribes; Louis Perrois, Arts du Gabon; Warren M. Robbins, African Art in American Collections; William Rubin (ed.), "Primitivism" in 20^th century art; Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Earth and ore: 2500 years of African art in terra-cotta and metal; Werner Schmalenbach (ed.), African Art from the Barbier-Mueller Collection, Geneva; James Johnson Sweeney, African Negro art; James Johnson Sweeney, African sculpture; Susan Vogel, Baule: African art, western eyes; Oliver Wick, Bildgewaltig: Afrika, Ozeanien und die Moderne; Frank Willis, Ife in the history of West African sculpture; Utotombo: l'art d'afrique noire dans les collections privées belges; MRAC, Treasures from the Africa-Museum, Tervuren; and others.