Ancestors of the Lake

Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea

Edited by Virginia-Lee Webb

Contributions by Anna-Karina Hermkens, Philippe Peltier, Dirk Smidt and Muridan Widjojo

by Andrea Schmidt and David van Duuren

136 Pages, 8.75 x 10.80 in, 96 color illus.

Hardcover
9780300166101
Published: Wednesday, 6 Jul 2011

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After Dutch expeditions reached New Guinea's Lake Sentani island and Humboldt Bay in the mid-1800s, Western visitors began collecting works by local artists. Ancestors of the Lake is a stunning look at the region's distinctive art, such as its highly stylized wooden sculptures and decoratively and abstractly designed barkcloths. This beautifully illustrated volume brings together many of these important historic pieces for the first time, including the landmark collection of French writer and art dealer Jacques Viot, along with photographs by Paul Wirz. The book also explores how European Surrealist artists found inspiration in the art of New Guinea, highlighted by rarely seen photographs by Man Ray of Sentani sculpture.

Distributed for The Menil Collection

Exhibition Schedule:

The Menil Collection
(05/06/11-08/28/11)

The Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK
(09/27/11-12/11/11)

Virginia-Lee Webb is an art historian and retired Research Curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

“A gorgeous, must-have book.” —The New York Times
~The New York Times

Selected as the winner of this year's Prix International du Livre d'Art Tribal, International Tribal Book Prize (UK Award)
~Prix International du Livre d’Art Tribal, Tribal Art & Sotheby's

"[A] highly informative catalogue."—A.J. Stone, Choice
~A.J. Stone, Choice

Ancestors of the Lake

Art of Lake Sentani and Humboldt Bay, New Guinea

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