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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.
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SOMETHING FISHY
New to the Marquand Library is the extremely rare Bounty from the Sea (Umi no sachi), one of Japan’s earliest color-printed books. The artist, Katsuma Ryūsui1 (1711-1796), though rarely credited in the history of the Japanese woodblock print, was experimenting … Continue reading
Posted in Japanese, Japanese, Rare monograph
Tagged 18th century, Edo period, Fish, haiku, Hayashi Tadamasa, Katsuma Ryūsai, printing, Sea creatures, Woodblock prints, woodblock-printed books, woodbock printing
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