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Catalog of 158 examples of primitive art in the collections of artists’ studios in the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, including pre-Hispanic art of the Americas, Native American art, African art the former Asian art and art of the South Seas, with notes on selected works. Forewords by Alix de Rothschild and Jacques Millot; introduction by Gaëtan Picon; Reading arts “primitive” Jean Laude, with long excerpts from the writings artists, interviews and statements on “primitive art” and its influence on their work. Includes a list of sixty-five artists including Gauguin, Pissarro, Picasso, Lipchitz, Matta, Max Ernst, Henry Moore, Marcoussis, Arman, Arikha, Derain and others …