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Art of the Baga: A Drama of Cultural Reinvention
199610493New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag 1996. Very Good/Very Good. New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag 1996. First Edition. Tall Quarto 31x24x2.5cm; 267pp including glossary and bibliography. A pristine invitation card for the Baltimore opening of the Baga show in its envelope is laid in.<br /> <br /> Photographic dustjacket. Volume in off-white cloth with green stamping on spine and front panel. Faint rubbing to jacket along top edge. Binding is sound and pages unmarked.<br /> <br /> Much more than a survey of remarkable West African objects the volume traces Baga art through the lens of ancient and recent migrations ricocheting 19th- and 20th-century regime changes and the Baga will to self- and cultural-preservation affecting every aspect of their art culture and society.<br /> <br /> This is the richly augmented catalog accompanying the Baga exhibition at the Museum for African Art in NYC from 4 October 1996 to 5 January 1997 and traveling afterward to Baltimore. The Museum for African Art and Prestel Verlag unknown
Capitol Hill Books, ABAA · États-Unis100,00 $US≈ 84,61 €