Lovesick Exoticism - The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister

Tomáš Winter

Lovesick Exoticism

The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister

Adolf Hoffmeister (1902–1973) became one of the most remarkable Czech artists of the twentieth century thanks to his prolific activities. The publication includes, for the first time ever, a comprehensive list of all the objects from Hoffmeister’s collection of non-European ethnic art, bringing together indigenous objects from the two American continents, as well as from Africa, Oceania and Indonesia.

Contents:

The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister and Exoticism in the Czech Lands

Catalogue of Adolf Hoffmeister's Collection

AMERICA
Alaska
British Columbia
Arizona
Mexico
Peru

AFRICA
Côte d'Ivoire
Guinea-Bissau
Cameroon
Gabon
Democratic Republic of Congo
Sudan
South Africa

OCEANIA
Melanesia
New Guinea
Admiralty Islands
New Ireland
New Britain
Solomon Islands
Vanuatu
New Caledonia
Polynesia
Samoa
Easter Island
Australia

INDONESIA
Nias
Sumatra
Maluku Islands
West Papua

References
Sources and Archives
Selected Bibliography
Plates
Acknowledgements
Index of Names

Artefactum, Prague 2010, 163 pages, ISBN 978-80-86890-30-2