Post #592116 by JONPAUL on Fri, Jun 3, 2011 11:56 AM

Here's one that isn't mentioned nearly enough:

Oceanic Art: Myth, Man and Image in the South Seas. Carl A. Schmitz. Abrams, 1972.

(photo from net)

This honkin' 420 pager is somewhat of a 'bible' in my library.
It's absolutely chock-full of incredible images, many of which are in a "scrapbook" style separate physical photo page glued onto a plain black background.

The book was originally a German publication (ya-vol!), later translated, and had the distinction of utilizing contributing editor Douglas Newton, then curator of the Primitive art department of the Met. OA art nerds would recognize Mr. Newton as being one of the major 20th-century pioneers in bringing popularity and mass consciousness to Oceanic/Primitive art. OA bibliophiles would know him from Arts of the South Seas: The Collections of the Musee Barbier-Mueller, New Guinea Art in the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art and Crocodile and Cassowary: Religious Art of the Upper Sepik River, New Guinea, among others.

This is not an easy one to find, but if you do--grab it immediately!!!! It's a mind-blower!!!