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

0353783 - ÚDU 2011 RIV CZ eng B - Monography
Winter, Tomáš
Lovesick Exoticism. The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister.
Prague: Artefactum, 2010. 163 s. Opera minora historiae artium, 4. ISBN 978-80-86890-30-2
R&D Projects: GA ČR GP408/08/P490
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z80330511
Keywords : non european ethnic art * collecting * Czech art of 20th century
Subject RIV: AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage

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. The book contextualises the collection with regard to period art collecting in the Czech Lands and the onset of Modernism.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0192931