[NIGERIA]. GRUNNE, Bernard de. Birth of Art in Black Africa. - Lot 105

[NIGERIA]. GRUNNE, Bernard de. Birth of Art in Black Africa. Nok statuary in Nigeria. Paris, Adam Biro, 2001. In-4, publisher's full brown cloth, in color illustrated dust jacket. 121 pages, 90 illustrations in and out of text, 75 in color, 1 map. Two-column printing. Dust jacket a little worn, margins slightly yellowed. Catalog of the eponymous exhibition organized by the Banque Générale du Luxembourg, presenting 65 terracotta sculptures from the Nok, Sokoto and Katsina cultures of Nigeria, dated from 600 B.C. to 300 A.D. It also includes recent discoveries and a study of scientific dating methods: carbon 14, thermoluminescence and cross-dating. Preface by P. B. Eta. A good copy.