Comprehensive catalog of New Guinea art masterpieces

Description

First edition, complete in two volumes with slipcase. San Francisco, California: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in Association with 5 Continents Editions, 2005. Hardcover. 12.5" x 9.5" x 4" (in slipcase). Photography by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler. Profusely illustrated with full-color photographs of New Guinea art pieces from the Friede collection. Striking and contemplative images. Both dust jackets feature black heavy paper with full-color images and white spine lettering. Volume I (629 pp): Dedication, Director's Foreword by Harry S. Parker III, essay on collecting by John Friede, and illustrated plates. Volume II (206 pp): Essays by Robert L. Welsh, Dirk Smidt, and Philippe Peltier; radiocarbon dating analysis by Gregory Hodgins; object catalog by John Friede; selected bibliography, glossary, and index. Very good condition. No export outside European Union.