Essai sur les Arts Plastiques Vivants en Republique du Tchad
Dakar [Senegal]: No stated publisher, 1966. First edition. Burlap-covered limp boards. [14]p + over 100 line drawings, on inconsistently numbered plates. Reproduced typescript and handlettering, printed on rectos. In French. Very good (covers lightly stained and browned). Item #32855
A short survey of the arts and crafts of Chad, issued on the occasion of the Festival des Arts Negres, Dakar, 1966. Includes painting, gourds and other vessels, baskets, metalwork, and ceramics. The cover features a hand-embroidered design in black and red; photo is slightly cropped. Pierre Dennis was the Charge de l'Artisanat. Very scarce: WorldCat cites very few copies, mostly in the Smithsonian.
Price: $150.00