Native Fine Art & Decorative Arts


KINESISKA GRAVFIGURINER (Chinese Grave Ornaments).

Author: Siggstedt, Mette
Country: Sweden
Language: Swedish
Year Published: 1987
No. of pages: 70
Illustrations: 8 full Color Illustrations. 42 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8 1/2” sq
Weight: 1.00
ISBN:
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 0401

Price: $28.50

As the title indicates this book contains grave figures mostly as human or animal forms.

MAGNUSSEN, ERIK: DANSKE DESIGNERE.

Author: Stockmarr, Pernille. Poul Erik Tøjner, ed
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2008
No. of pages: 84
Illustrations: 103 Color Illustrations. 30 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x8 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9788711313404
Biblio/Bio: Index. Bibl.
Code: 6827

Price: $150.00

Erik Magnussen's designs are exhibited in museums throughout the world and he has received the Lunning Prize in 1967 and the Furniture Prize in 1977. In 1983 he was chosen "designer of the year" by the Danish Design Council and his products have several times received the ID-prize by the Danish Society of Industrial Design. Erik Magnussen received the Bindesbøll Medal in 1996 and he has received grants from the Ole Haslund Fund, the Royal Jeweller A. Michelsen's Anniversary Fund and Knud V. Engelhardt's Memorial Fund.In 1997 Erik Magnussen was awarded "The Red Dot" in the "Design Innovations 1997" competition held by Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen and he won the "Good Design Gold Prize" awarded by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization. His designs include lots of household items and furniture, which you most likely will recognize to some extent.

MIRRORS OF THE VOID. Buddhist Art in the National Museum of Finland

Author: Halén, Harry
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 1987
No. of pages: 224
Illustrations: 98 Color Illustrations. 27 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 9519075186
Biblio/Bio: Bibl.
Code: 1428

Price: $75.00

This book publishes a treasure from the National Museum of Finland--a rare set of Buddhist hanging scrolls, or thangkas, marked by vibrant colors and naturalistic forms. The set represents a peculiar Sino-Mongolian style of Lamaist painting. Also included is a panoramic map of the Wutai Mountains and photographs of archaeological finds and statuary from this region. An informative and interesting text accompanies the illustrations.

MOZAMBIQUE!. Exhibition Workshop Programmes/ Stockholm Kulturhuset 1987

Author: Danielsson, Kerstin
Country: Sweden
Language: English
Year Published: 1988
No. of pages: 200
Illustrations: 24 Color Illustrations. 140 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9186476181
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Cat. of exh.
Code: 4619

Price: $36.50

In an attempt to introduce culture to the political and economic dialogue between Mozambique and the Nordic countries, this exhibition explores Mozambican painting, sculpture, crafts, archaeology and history in objects, photos and text. Numerous articles illuminate cultural, economic, and political issues facing this country, while emphasizing the role of Swedish and Norwegian development aid.

Nordenskiöld, Gustaf: MESA VERDE 1891.

Author: Pirjo Varjola
Country: Finland
Language: English/ Finnish
Year Published: 1992
No. of pages: 48
Illustrations: 25 Color Illustrations. 66 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9519075542
Biblio/Bio: Bios.
Code: 1435

Price: $29.50

In 1891 the young Scandinavian explorer/photographer Gustaf Nordenskiöld, (1868-1895) systematically photographed the canyons of the Mesa Verde in Colorado as well as Hopi Indian villages in Arizona near the Grand Canyon. These black and white images of the majestic landscape of the American southwest, the Indian peoples, their architecture and their artifacts, have an immediate quality that belies their age, and are of important archaeological interest.