Masterpieces of Japanese Screen Painting: The American Collections

  • New York: George Braziller, 1990
By Miyeko Murase
New York: George Braziller, 1990. Very Good/Very Good. New York: George Braziller, 1990. Stated First Edition. Quarto (32.5x37x3cm); 232pp, including glossary, artist biographies and index, screen index, and bibliographies. Illustrated with 7 B&W documentary photographs, 124 full-color images including the 37 catalogued screens, and 13 gatefold screen reproductions.

Pictorial dustjacket. Lacquer-red spine stamping on marigold cloth. Dustjacket has 3cm of nibbling just at the front fold edge, about 1/3 of the way up from the bottom, otherwise very good. Boards bowing at fore-edge. Textblock is unmarred, and unmarked except for four tiny check marks in the final list of photo credits.

Each of the 13 screens printed on gatefold pages opens to almost 4 1/2 feet in brilliant color.

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