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5 Horse head inform of horse bit style c. 600 Bc,   6 L' Oiseau dans le Feuillage 1961, lithograph,   8 River 1967, watercolour, 9 x 13 in. by
          bronze, 7½ in., an example of Amlash-      edition 50, by Braque from the Redfern    Friso Ten Holt from a group show at the New
          Luristan art from 'Modern Images in Ancient   Gallery's annual December/January show of   Art Centre from December 3 to January 3,
          Times' at Annely Juda until January 1970.   their prints collection which is running con-  1970. Bernard Myers is showing a series of
          The exhibition also covers Persian, Mediter-  currently with 'Seven Spanish Artists' which   small paintings; paintings and drawings by
          ranean-Roman, Greek, Egyptian, Pre-        includes graphics by Picasso, Mire), Tapies,   Prunella Clough, Sheila Fell, and John
          Columbian, African and South Pacific art.   Chillida, and Artigas.                   Hubbard. Prices range from 40 to 300 guineas.
          Prices range from £50   to £1500.          7 Makonde ebony sculpture, one of the pieces
                                                     from an exhibition of work of the Makonde
                                                     tribe at the Grosvenor Gallery until February.
                                                     Makonde sculpture has within recent years
                                                     developed into one of Africa's most surprising
                                                     new arts due to the unusual combination of
                                                     zoomorphic and anthropomorphic forms
                                                     based to some extent on folklore and religious
                                                     myths but chiefly on the creative imagination
                                                     of highly individual and uninhibited artists.
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