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Hardcover. Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. B4 : 2 vols. in slipcase. Yellowed. This elegant two-volume publication depicts the art of New Guinea in richer detail than ever before. It is a detailed and broad-based survey, drawn from the Jolika Collection of John and Marcia Friede, the world's foremost private collection. Volume I contains the lavish selection of magnificent color plates. Volume II features three essays by noted scholars and an extensive, illustrated catalogue section by John Friede. Publication will coincide with the reopening in the fall 2005 of the newly renovated de Young museum in San Francisco, an institution with a strong commitment to the arts of the South Pacific. With John and Marcia Friede's generous gift of the collection, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco will become the country's leading center for the study and preservation of New Guinea's art.…

San Francisco, CA : Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in association with 5 Continents Editions, 2005. Two volumes, large quarto (320 x 240 mm), publisher's black cloth over boards in pictorial dust jackets, housed in the publisher's slipcase; pp. 622, 206; chiefly colour illustrations; map; light marks but an excellent set. Loosely enclosed : the original prospectus. Showcases one of the most important private collections of New Guinea art ever assembled. Published to coincide with the inaugural exhibition of selected works from the Jolika Collection in the Marcia and John Friede Gallery, de Young Museum, San Francisco, October 2005. Contents: v.1. Director's foreword by Harry S. Parker, III. --Collecting New Guinea Art by John Friede --Plates. v.2. One symphony from many voices: collectors, collecting activities, and the culture of collecting since 1870 by Robert L. Welsch. --Major themes in New Guinea art by Dirk Smidt. --Oceania: objects of revelation and desire by Philippe Peltier. --Radiocarbon dating of New Guinea Carvings from the Jolika Collection by Gregory Hodgins. --Catalogue of objects by John Friede.…