Pre-Columbian art.
By: Text and critical analyses by S.K. Lothrop, W.F. Foshag [and] Joy Mahler.
Contributors: Lothrop, S. K. 1892-1965.; National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Publisher: Phaidon Publishers; distributed by Garden City Books
Published: 1957
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: Indian art -- Exhibitions.; Latin America -- Antiquities.
Genres: Exhibitions.
Description: The objects illustrated and described in this volume represent the finest craftsmanship and skill of aboriginal America. Few of these artifacts can be regarded as folk art; the bulk of the collection consists of objects manufactured for the aristocrats of their day who deemed them to be of high artistic merit. Furthermore, they represent a wide range in time and space, and they reflect many and varied stylistic traditions. - Introduction.
Notes: At head of title: Robert Woods Bliss Collection.
Catalog of the collection which is now in the National Gallery of Art.