For the first time, Carl Einstein's three most important texts on African art are joined together in this critical edition. Negro Sculpture, published in 1915, is the first theoretical text to take African art seriously on par with other modern art movements. The 1920 essay Afrikanische Plastik constitutes the author's initial thoughts on the topic. Finally, À propos de l'Exposition de la Galerie Pigalle, originally published in French, is an authentic survey of Einstein's ethnological knowledge.