On 236 pages, with 174 full-page photographies of more than 200 objects, Gabon tribal-art gives a fascinating insight into the art of Gabon. The book presents extraordinary objects of Gabon and Equatiorial- African artwork, which reflect in a very special way the individual variety within formal boundaries. Most of the masks and objects shown in the book come from private collectionsand have never been shown to the public before. What most fascinates artists and collectors about the figures, objects and masks from Gabon is certainly the abstraction of the artistic artefacts and their extraordinary expressivity. Interest in African "primitivism" was first aroused at the beginning of the 20th century when artists like Vlaminck, Derain, Braque and Picasso sought inspiration for their ownwork in the art of the Fang. Their quite conscious move away from the traditional view of art gave rise to an "époque nègre" in European Art. The book comes with a hardcover and a premium jacket for the price of Euro 98.   With contributions by: Dr. Cees op´t Land, cultural anthropologist, curator emeritus African art Museum voor Volkenkunde Rotterdam; Dr. Bernd Leicht, Heidelberg, cultural anthropologist; Peter de Boer, Amsterdam, expert African art. Photos by Thomas Stachelhaus. Edition Schulte/Weiss