A Survey of Zairian Art: The Bronson Collection

Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good. 379pp. Quarto [29.5cm]. Bound in black cloth, with title stamped in copper ink on spine and front board. Black satin ribbon pagemarker. Foot of spine bumped. In a mildly rubbed dust jacket, with a 2.5cm crease at head of front panel. "This is an indispensable reference work to those interested in the vast sculptural art of the former Congo Region. It presents new interpretations, comprehensive re-classifications, and new names and locations for a substantial number of people, styles and sculptures of the region. The book incorporates much of the extensive ethnographic and sculpture studies carried out by Joseph Cornet and his staff of the National Museum of Zaire since the publication of his previous book in 1971.