Japanese Bamboo Baskets: Masterworks of Form & Texture, from the collection of Lloyd Cotsen
Los Angeles, Calif. Cotsen Occasional Press, 1999. Hardcover. Goldenrod cloth, gilt letters on spine & front cover, color pictorial dust jacket, 392 pp., profusely illus. in color; weighs 9 lbs. OVERSIZE. VG (Alas, without cloth slipcase.). Item #144286
"Surveys nineteenth- and twentieth-century baskets of Japan, their place in history, and the elevation of bamboo craft work to an art form. It features more than 250 illustrations of selections from the largest known collection of Japanese flower baskets. This is the first book in Engilsh to examine bamboo baskets as modern sculptural masterpieces as well as chronicle the development of Japanese flower-arranging baskets from utilitarian containers through their subsequent transformation into art. ... Filled with new information and superlative works of art. It will be treasured by anyone who has known the joy of holding a rough-woven basket or admired the delicate tracery of bamboo strips in a contemporary work of bamboo art." (dj) With essays by Lloyd Cotsen, Janet Koplos, Patricia J. Graham, Hiroko Johnson, and Moroyama Masanori. Includes Kansai, Kanto, Kyushu, and Shikoku. Also adds artists' bios and bamboo craft techniques. Simply magnificent.
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