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Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects.
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Lot 180

58 Reference Books on Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art

Estimate: $300 - $500
Current Bid
$150

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58 total, including: Pre-Columbian Art by Jose Alcina Franch, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983; Pre-Columbian Art and the Post-Columbian World by Barbara Braun, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1993; The Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection: Masterpieces of Primitive Art by Douglas Newton et. al., New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1978; Praise Poems: The Katherine White Collection, Seattle Art Museum, 1984;  Sweat of the Sun and Tears of the Moon: Gold and Silver in Pre-Columbian Art by Andre Emmerich, New York: Hacker Art Books, 1984; African Masterpieces from the Musee de l'Homme by Susan Vogel and Francine N'Diaye, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1985; and others (see photos of spines for additional titles)

Provenance: DC Forbes Collection

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DC Forbes Collection
all with light wear to extremities, some scuffs to covers and spines, a few bumped corners