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Sixty-sixth year of continuous publication Volume 66, Number 9, January, 1968 ART NEWS FOUNDED 1902 [[image]] Cover: Among the extensive holdings of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, to which this special issue is devoted, is this Tlingit Indian (Alaska) mask of a dead man, 19th-20th centuries, 13 5/8 inches high. At the time of its first contact with Western civilization at the end of the 18th century, Indian art of the Northwest Coast had already developed a definite, characteristic style. Its forms and symbols survived the introduction of metal tools, which even helped it flourish in the middle of the 19th century. Its decline in the second half of the century was due less to technical change than the disintegration of Indian life as a whole, a process which has continued to the present day. In this painted wood mask, the closed eyes indicate death. The piece of walrus hide over the forehead was part of a more complete headdress. Museum of Primitive Art photos, Charles Uht [cover, pp.28-42]. Editor Thomas B. Hess Executive Editors John Ashbery, Harris Rosenstein Senior Editor Henry A. La Farge Managing Editor Elizabeth C. Baker Associate Editor Dolores Fenn Editorial Associates Michael Benedikt, Rosalind Browne, Al Brunelle, Scott Burton, Lawrence Campbell, Rackstraw Downes, Natalie Edgar, Amy Goldin, Jane Gollin, Bruce D. Hooton, Kim Levin, Ellen Mandelbaum, John Perreault, Ralph Pomeroy, Lynn H. Schafran, Marcia Tucker, Claire Nicolas White, Marlene Zucker Contributing Editors Julien Alvard, Paris Milton Gendel, Rome John Russell, London Joshua Kind, Chicago Jane Hoag, Los Angeles Design Director Bradbury Thompson General Manager Alvin Garfin Advertising Manager Roslyn E. Mandel Advertising Rep. Sephine B. Melrod Advertising Ass't. Marian Conner Production Manager Rena Shindelman Production Ass't. Robert Preato European Advertising Office: Andrew Lakin, 80 Haymarket, London S.W. 1, England, European telephone TRA 6166, London. Editorial and Executive office: 444 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022 Cables: ARTENEWS, New York Telephone: 212-838-3730 ARTNEWS is published monthly, September through June, and copyright: 1968, by NEWSWEEK, INC. The complete contents of each issue of ARTNEWS are indexed in The Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature monthly, and in The Art Index, published quarterly and available in public libraries. The name, cover, colorplates and contents of ARTNEWS are protected by copyright in the U.S.A. and in foreign countries and may not be reproduced in any manner in whole or in part without consent. Entered as 2nd class matter Feb. 5, 1909, 2nd class postage paid at New York, N.Y. and various additional mailing offices. Subscription rates: $11.50 per year (foreign $1 additional): $16.45 per year, including ARTNEWS ANNUAL (foreign $1.50 additional). Single copies of ARTNEWS ANNUAL, $6.95. Sixty-sixth year of continuous publication Volume 66, Number 9, January, 1968 Articles 28 The Art of Primitive Arts Roy Sieber 44 Esthetics in Traditional Africa Robert Farris Thompson 46 What's That, the '68 Stella? Wow! Frederick Castle → 48 Artschwager's Mental Furniture Elizabeth C. Baker 50 In Memory of My Feelings John Ashbery Colorplates 35 Carved Lintel Maya, Mexico 36 Shirt Inca, Peru 37 Tomb Post Inca, Peru 38 Drum Nazca, Peru 39 Malanggan New Ireland 39 Canoe Prow New Guinea 40 Helmet Mask Elema, New Guinea 41 Hornbill Headdress Senufo, Ivory Coast 41 Ceremonial Board Siane, New Guinea 42 Poro Society Mask Ngere, Liberia Departments 6 Editor's Letters 8 Art New International 10 Reviews and Previews 17 Coming Auctions 18 Masters in the Art News 22 London John Russell 24 Paris Julien Alvard 25 Bookshelf John Rewald 27 Editorial 52 Los Angeles Jane Hoag 71 International Exhibitions Calendar 73 New York Calendar 74 When and Where to Exhibit 74 Competitions, Scholarships Coming English Romantic paintings, sensible and sublime, 1760-1860 ... Adolph Gottlieb's double-museum retrospective, from elliptical pictographs to apocalyptical bursts ... Younger moderns, cool and hot: Larry Zox, Ralph Humphrey, Al Held, Les Levine ... Major museum acquisitions include portraits by Houdon and Velazquez and a great Murillo biblical scene. 5
