Publications

To order a catalogue please call, fax or email the gallery. We accept credit cards and checks. Overseas checks must be drawn on a U.S. bank. Orders are sent by first class priority mail or air mail; price includes postage and handling. Orders may be sent by other means (UPS, Federal Express) for an additional charge.

  • Stages of Depiction

    Indian Drawings, 17th – 19th centuries

    (2006), text by Shana Dumont and Supriya Gandhi, 57 pages, fully illustrated with 56 color reproductions of 47 drawings, extensive bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign

  • Circle of the Sea

    Creations from Oceania

    (2002), Providence, RI: Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, 2002. Text by Norman Hurst, Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, MA, 95 pages, Retail Price: $30.00, Softbound, ISBN: 0-9646544-1-5

  • African Art from Four Regions

    Masks, Sculpture, and Ceremonial Objects from the Western Sudan, the Guinea Coast, Equatorial Africa, and the Congo Basin

    (2002), text by Nicole Hawkes, 56 pages, fully illustrated with 47 color photographs of 47 objects, extensive bibliography, $30 domestic, $40 foreign.

  • Arctic Ivory

    Two Thousand Years of Alaskan Eskimo Art and Artifacts

    (1998), text by Norman Hurst, 80 pages, fully illustrated with 40 color, 30 b/w photographs, map, extensive bibliography, $30 domestic, $40 foreign

  • A Passion for the Past

    Historic Collections of Antiquities from Egypt and the Levant

    (1997), text by Norman Hurst, 64 pages, fully illustrated with 25 color, 18 b/w photographs, translations, extensive bibliography, $30 domestic, $40 foreign

  • Ngola

    The Weapon as Authority, Identity, and Ritual Object in Sub-Saharan Africa

    (1997), text by Norman Hurst, 48 pages, fully illustrated with 11 color and 21 b/w photographs, map, extensive bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign

  • Power and Prestige

    The Arts of Island Melanesia and the Polynesian Outliers

    (1996), text by Norman Hurst, 88 pages, fully illustrated with 42 color and 26 b/w photographs, maps, illustrations, extensive bibliography, $30 domestic, $40 foreign

  • Collecting African Art

    1890s - 1950s

    (1996), text by Christa Clarke, 48 pages, fully illustrated with 21 color, 23 b/w photographs of 50 objects, extensive bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign

  • Art and Artifacts of Melanesia

    (1992), 80 pages, 71 b/w photographs of 90 objects, maps, extensive bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign.

  • Native American Basketry

    (1992), text by Sarah Peabody Turnbaugh, 56 pages, 37 b/w photographs of 98 baskets, maps, bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign

  • Visual Diplomacy

    The Art of the Cameroon Grassfields

    (1991), text by Marcilene Keeling Wittmer, 32 pages, 26 b/w photographs of 30 objects, map, illustrations, bibliography, $20 domestic, $25 foreign

  • Art and Artifacts of Polynesia

    (1990), text by Anne D'Alleva, 64 pages, 12 color and 32 b/w photographs of 78 objects, maps, bibliography, $25 domestic, $35 foreign

  • The Ancient Southwest

    (1989), 48 pages, 1 color and 49 b/w photographs of 105 objects, maps, $20 domestic, $25 foreign

  • Ere Ibeji-Styles & Standards: Twin figures across Yorubaland

    Ere Ibeji-Styles & Standards

    Twin figures across Yorubaland

    (1985), text by Anne D'Alleva, 17 pages, 16 b/w photos of 16 Ibeji twins, $20 domestic, $30 foreign.

Out of Print

Available as photocopied black & white facsimilies for $15.00 each.

  • African Arts of War and Peace (1988), 48 pages, 73 b/w photographs.
  • Art of New Guinea (1988), 52 pages, 2 color and 101 b/w photographs, maps, bibliography.
  • Art of West Africa (1987), 28 pages, 36 b/w photographs.
  • Art of Polynesia (1987), 50 pages, 2 color and 92 b/w photographs, bibliography.
  • The Spirit of Edo (1985), 20 pages, 18 b/w photographs.
  • Polynesia: Objects of Daily Life (1985), 32 pages, 34 b/w photographs.
  • Art of the Negritos (1987), 44 pages, 78 b/w photographs, map, bibliography.