Museum of Primitive Art

The Museum of Primitive Art, is a now defunct museum devoted to the arts of the indigenous cultures of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas as well as the early civilizations of Europe and Asia.^[1] It was founded in 1954 by Nelson Rockefeller, who donated his own collection of Tribal art. The museum opened to the public in 1957 in a townhouse on West 54th Street in New York City. Robert Goldwater (1907-1973) was the museum’s first director. The museum closed in 1976, and its collections were transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.^[1]

References

• Lowman, Cherry, Displays of Power: Art and War among the Marings of New Guinea, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1973.
• Mead, Margaret, Technique & personality, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1963.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Rituals of Euphoria: Coca in South America; 6 March to 8 September 1974, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1974.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Art of Oceania, Africa, and the Americas, from the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1970.
• Museum of Primitive Art, The Great Bieri, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1962.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Masterpieces in the Museum of Primitive Art: Africa, Oceania, North America, Mexico, Central to South America, Peru, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1965.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Primitive Art Masterworks, New York, American Federation of Arts, 1974.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Sculpture from Mexico Selected from the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1964.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Sculpture from Peru Selected from the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1964.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Sculpture from the South Seas in the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1962.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Selected Works from the Collection, New York, The Museum of Primitive Art, 1957.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Traditional Art of the African Nations in the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1961.
• Museum of Primitive Art, Sculpture from Africa in the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1963.
• Newton, Douglas, Malu Openwork Boards of the Tshuosh Tribe, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1963.
• Newton, Douglas, New Guinea Art in the Collection of the Museum of Primitive Art, New York, Museum of Primitive Art, 1967.

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} ""Museum of Primitive Art." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008". Encyclopedia.com. http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-E-MuseumPr.html. Retrieved 2010-12-23.