261 - [Americana]. JACOBSON, Oscar Brousse.

[Americana]. JACOBSON, Oscar Brousse. Kiowa Indian Art. Nice (France), C. Szwedzicki, 1929. Small folio (38 x 28 cm), (4)-11-(1) pp., 30 plates on colored paper. Loose sheets in the publisher’s brown half-cloth folder with flaps and laces; cover decorated with a color silkscreen print of Tsa-To-Ke (folder shows some wear; very slight oxidation on the edges of the text pages). First edition of this remarkable collection devoted to the art of the Kiowa Indians of Oklahoma, illustrated with thirty color stencil prints. Published in Nice in 1929 by C. Szwedzicki, the book brings together the works of five Native American artists: Monroe Tsa-To-Ke, Steve Mopope, Jack Hokeah, Spencer Asah, and Bou-Ge-Tah Smokey. The compositions depict ceremonial dances, warriors, scenes from daily life, and various aspects of Kiowa traditions. Reproduced with great fidelity using the stencil process, they are distinguished by their vivid colors and the remarkable stylization of the figures. The volume is preceded by an introduction by Oscar Brousse Jacobson (1882–1966), an artist and professor at the University of Oklahoma, who played a decisive role in the recognition and dissemination of these young artists’ works. *Kiowa Indian Art* is the first of six portfolios devoted to Native American art published by C. Szwedzicki in Nice between 1929 and 1952. Limited edition of 750 copies, numbered and signed by the publisher; this copy is No. 574. A beautiful, complete copy with all thirty plates, preserved as loose sheets inside the publisher’s illustrated folder. Handwritten dedication in Polish on the half-title page, dated Nice, January 23, 1934.