[NEW GUINEA]. WEBB, Virginia-Lee. Ancestors of the Lake: Art - Lot 219

[NEW GUINEA]. WEBB, Virginia-Lee. Ancestors of the Lake: Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea. The Menil Collection. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 2011. In-4, grey cloth boards, in full color illustrated dust jacket. 136 pages, numerous illustrations including 96 in color, some full- and double-page. In English. Cover very slightly browned in places. Catalog of the eponymous exhibition, presenting a vast panorama of New Guinea art, whose most characteristic pieces are stylized wood carvings and decorative bark fabrics. The book also shows the influence of these works on the European Surrealists through rare photographs by Man Ray. A very good copy.