LELOUP, Hélène Statuaire Dogon Paris, Editions... Lot 4066

LELOUP, Hélène Statuaire Dogon Paris, Editions Daniel Amez, Collection Art et Ethnologie. 1994. Fort in-4, bound in an illustrated dust jacket, 636 pp., very abounding illustrations in and out of text in black and colour. In this classic essay on the origin and meaning of Dogon statues, the various styles are identified, analysed and listed in a systematic way. 140 statues, from the 10th-century tellem to the classical Dogon statues of the 19th century, are presented in full colour (djennenké, niongom, tellem, komokan, kambari, bombou-toro, wakara, tintam, n'duléri, tomo-ka, kibsi statues).