New Guinea art : masterpieces from the Jolika Collection of Marcia and John Friede

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; an excellent set.

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.