Ancient arts of the Andes.
By: With an introd. by René d'Harnoncourt. The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in collaboration with the California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco [and] the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.
Contributors: New York. Museum of Modern Art.; Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Museum of Modern Art
Published: 1954
Place of publication: [New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
Subjects: Indian art -- Andes Region; Art, Andean; Indians of South America -- Antiquities; Indian art -- Central America; Indians of Central America -- Antiquities
Description: "Pre-Historic treasures of gold and silver, intricately woven tapestries, delicately painted paper-thin ceramics, and monumental stone carvings. More than 400 priceless objects have been assembled from private and public collections in Latin America, Canada, and the United States for this exhibition which will present for the first time under one roof the finest examples of art produced by ancient civilizations which flourished in the Andean region from about 1200 B. C. until the Spanish Conquest in the l6th century." --Excerpt from press release (see link below).
Notes: Bibliography: p. 180-184.