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Lovesick Exoticism. The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister
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SYSNO ASEP 0353783 Document Type B - Monograph R&D Document Type Monograph Title Lovesick Exoticism. The Collection of Non-European Ethnic Art of Adolf Hoffmeister Author(s) Winter, Tomáš (UDU-I) RID, ORCID Issue data Prague: Artefactum, 2010 ISBN 978-80-86890-30-2 Series Opera minora historiae artium Series number 4 Number of pages 163 s. Number of copy 300 Language eng - English Country CZ - Czech Republic Keywords non european ethnic art ; collecting ; Czech art of 20th century Subject RIV AL - Art, Architecture, Cultural Heritage R&D Projects GP408/08/P490 GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF) CEZ AV0Z80330511 - UDU-I (2005-2011) Annotation 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. Workplace Institute of Art History Contact Veronika Jungmannová, jungmannova@udu.cas.cz, Tel.: 221 183 506 ; Markéta Kratochvílová, kratochvilova@udu.cas.cz, Tel.: 220 303 939 Year of Publishing 2011
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