African Art in American Collections study photographs
name: label: Collector
content: Robbins, Warren M.
place: label: Place
content: Africa
topic: label: Topic
content: Art, African
physloc: label: Note
content: Located offsite at Iron Mountain (box 97464371).
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content: African Art in American Collections study photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: This collection includes 329 black and white photographic prints, measuring 8 x 10 inches or smaller, that depict African art objects and were published in Warren M. Robbins' book, African Art in American Collections (New York, Washington, London: Praeger, 1966).
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Warren M. Robbins (1923-2008) was an American art collector and the founder of the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. He published several books on African Art, including  African Art in American Collections, A Man for All Reasons, and African Sculpture.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 329 Photographic prints (1 box, 10 folders, black & white, 8 x 10 in. or smaller)
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1966
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Collected by Warren M. Robbins, 1966.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Eliot Elisofon Photographic Archives, National Museum of African Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: EEPA.1991-006
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographic prints
arrangement: label: Arrangement note
content: Arranged in order as printed in African Art in American Collections.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Finding aid by Eden Orelove, April 2018
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographic prints
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This collection includes 329 black and white photographic prints, measuring 8 x 10 inches or smaller, that depict African art objects and were published in Warren M. Robbins' book, African Art in American Collections (New York, Washington, London: Praeger, 1966).  Dogon, Kurumba, Bobo, Mossi, Lobi, Bijogo, Baga, Kissi, Mende, Sherbro, Yoruba, and Bambara peoples, as well as others, created the objects throughout Africa. Photographers represented include Eliot Elisofon, Edgar Dorsey Taylor, Joya Hairs, Elisabeth Little, Arnold Newman and Charles Uht. Institutions represented include the American Museum of Natural History (New York), the Brooklyn Museum, the Peabody Museum (Harvard), University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University Art Gallery, among others.