Le Geste Kongo, Editions Dapper, Thompson, Robert Farris; Nsondé, Jean; Erwan Dianteill. Paris, 2002, VG, HC, 4to, African, Oceanic Art, Kongo, Sculpture

Thompson, Robert Farris; Nsondé, Jean; Erwan Dianteill.Paris: Editions Dapper, 2002.

French, First Edition, VG, HC,4to 13"X10", 231 pp. 

ISBN: 9782906067851

Very Good Quarto, Black cloth over board, blind stamped titling to cover and spine. Covers near-perfect with mind wear to bottom edge. Binding tight, sharp tips, and no markings throughout. Pages pristine and intact. Replete with full-color and black-and-white reproductions, many full page. 231 pp., including illustrations. Good dust jacket, black wraps with photograph to cover, white titling to covers and spine, edgewear, ¼” closed-tear to bottom right corner, ¾” closed tear to turn-in. Protected in a paper-backed Mylarsleeve. Text in French. Kongo works perfectly illustrate the theme of gesture in statuary, and this beautifully illustrated survey showcases a variety of styles, from impressive figures bristling with nails or iron blades, to statuettes of refined naturalism. From the dust jacket (translated from the original French): “Thanks to his colorful and original style, art historian and Yale University professor Robert Farris Thompson offers reading keys allowing access to the meaning of the Kongo gestures that he has been studying in-depth for several years, and of which he draws up a large inventory."