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First Marquand Library of Art & Archaeology c.1908 -
African American Art Today: Four Major Artists / an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by Skunder Boghossian, Valente Malangatana, Twins Seven Seven, and Amir I.M. Nour. New York:, African-American Institute, 1974.
Monthly Archives: December 2021
THE SUBLIME WORK OF TAKEUCHI SEIHO (1864-1942)
Marqund Library recently acquired the beautiful Seiho ippinshū [The Sublime Work of Seiho] (1935-36), which has been called “one of the most magnificent printing achievements of the twentieth century.”[1] It is not actually a “book,” but a luxurious set of … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century, Collotype, Showa, Takeuchi Seiho, Woodblock prints
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Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862-1925): The Unseen Champion of Vincent van Gogh
In January of this year, Marquand Library acquired a catalogue of one of the earliest exhibitions of art by Vincent van Gogh following his death in July 1890. This slim publication listed the 107 works on display in 1892 at … Continue reading
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An Unusual “Tōkaidō Road Acquisition”
“Adventure was promised to those who traveled the three-hundred-mile-long Tōkaidō Road, which linked Japan’s modern capital, Edo (present-day Tokyo), with the ancient imperial capital at Kyoto from the seventeenth though early twentieth century. For more than three centuries, illustrated books … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Japanese, Rare monograph
Tagged bunken ezu, early 20th century, Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido, Tokaido bunken ezu, Tokaido gojusan tsugi, Tokaido Road, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed handscroll
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European Architecture from a Japanese Point of View
歐州 都市 の 近代相 / 蔵田 周忠 著 Ōshū toshi no kindaisō / Neues bauen in Deutschland was ich gesehen habe von K. Kurata (Aspects of Modern Architecture in European Cities / New Architecture Seen by K. Kurata in Germany). … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Japanese, Modernism
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Shanghai scenes
Wu, Youru 吳友如. Shenjiang sheng jing tu 申江勝景圖 : [2 juan]. Shanghai: Dian shi zhai, Guangxu 光緒10 [1884] 4 v. (double leaves : chiefly ill.) in case ; 25 cm. NC1230.W8 View in Catalog SCENIC VIEWS IN AND AROUND SHANGHAI … Continue reading
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Tagged Dianshizhai, Famous Scenes, Guidebook, Shanghai, Wu Youru
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A “Wonder Theatre of Nature” in Marquand
Many people have some sort of souvenirs of the solitary walks they made during the COVID era. Digital memories recorded on phones or tangible objects, perhaps a feather or a curious stone, are proof of our reacquaintance with the “wonders … Continue reading
Posted in European, Rare monograph
Tagged Amsterdam, Cabinets of curiosities, Haarlem, Romeyn de Hooghe, Science
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Snows of the North Country
Now a classic of Japanese art and literature, it took Suzuki Bokushi (1770-1842) almost forty years to get his book, Snows of the North Country (Hokuetsu seppu) to market. This was because 19th-century publishers, catering to a sophisticated urban audience … Continue reading
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Tagged 19th century, Echigo province, Life in the Edo period, Niigata prefecture, snow, snowflakes, Suzuki Bokushi, Suzuki Bokushi Memorial Museum, Toshitsura Doi, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books
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