Hawaiian, Maori, Melanesian, Polynesian, Oceanic and African Art from the James Hooper Collection

THE JAMES HOOPER COLLECTION.

On offer are 4 sales catalogs of Christie's, London: Hawaiian, Maori, Melanesian, Polynesian, Oceanic and African Art from the James Hooper Collection. These sales contained large portions of his tribal art collection.

James Thomas Hooper (1 September 1897 – 9 February 1971) was a British collector of ethnographic artifacts of the Oceanic, Inuit, Native American and African peoples in addition to being a writer and owner/curator of the Totems Museum in Arundel, Essex. Hooper’s collection continued to be documented after his death in 1971 when it became the subject of a book by his grandson Steven Phelps – now known as Steven Hooper. Art and Artifacts of the Pacific, Africa and the Americas: The James Hooper Collection was published in 1976 and featured 250 illustrations. Soon after this book was published, parts of the collection were auctioned by Christie’s, London. Between 1976 and 1982 there were at least six auctions of material from the James Hooper Collection.

The four calalogs on offer are:

- OCEANIC ART from the James Hooper Collection
Publisher: Christie's, London, June 17th 1980; 55 pages, 160 lots. Binding: Soft cover. Condition: Good, mild wear. Edition: 1st Edition. Includes the list with estimates and price list (sale results).

- MELANESIAN & POLYNESIAN ART from the James Hooper Collection
Publisher: Christie's, London, 19th September 1979; 63 pages, 198 lots. Condition: Good, mild wear. Edition: 1st Edition. Includes the list with estimates and price list (sale results).

- HAWAIIAN AND MAORI ART from the James Hooper Collection
Publisher: Christie's, London, 21st June 1977; 61 pages, 203 lots. Binding: Soft cover. Condition: Good, mild wear. Edition: 1st Edition. Includes the list with estimates and price list (sale results).

- AFRICAN ART from the James Hooper Collection
Publisher: Christie's, London, 14th June 1976; 47 pages, 137 lots. Binding: Soft cover. Condition: Good, mild wear. Edition: 1st Edition. Includes the list with estimates and price list (sale results).