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Masks : art of the Arctic : reflections of the unseen / Donald Ellis ; with essays by Dawn Ades, Colin Browne and Marie Mauzé. Art of the Arctic : reflections of the unseen : ivories from the Bering Sea / Donald Ellis ; with essays by Bill Wolf.
Penn Museum Library E99.E7 E45 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ellis, Donald, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Yupik art.
- Yupik art--Influence.
- Surrealist artists.
- Ivories, Eskimo.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- 157, 95 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
- Other Title:
- Art of the artic : reflections of the unseen
- Ivories from the Bering Sea
- Art of the Arctic : reflections of the unseen : masks
- Art of the Arctic : reflections of the unseen : ivories from the Bering Sea
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK : Black Dog Publishing ; New York : Donald Ellis Gallery, [2015]
- Contents:
- Foreword
- Yup'ik ceremonialism and masking
- If you see that kind of dancing, maybe you never forget it
- The Yup'ik world and the Surrealists
- The Gierke masks
- Surrealism, black humour and Yup'ik masks.
- Notes:
- Texts bound back to back and inverted (tête-bêche format). "Ivories from the Bering Sea" and "Masks" appear as panel title on bound covers.
- Title bound back to back and inverted (tête-bêche format), each with its own title page.
- "In an attempt to better honour the artistic expression of these anonymous Yup'ik artists, I have chosen to illustrate a complete inventory of Yup'ik masks handled by the gallery over the past forty years...The second half of this catalogue leads with a different theme. I am greatly honoured to present the Bill and Carol Wolf collection of ancient ivories from the Bering Sea"--Page 11.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1910433829
- 9781910433829
- OCLC:
- 925377595
- Publisher Number:
- 99965850098
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