Art of the Japanese Postcard: The Leonard A. Lauder Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Boston, Mass: MFA Publications, 2004. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with red lettering on spine, color illustrated dust jacket with red spine and white lettering, 287 pp, profusely illustrated in color. VG/VG (small marker dot on bottom of block edges). Item #176014
ISBN: 9780878466689
"Published in conjunction with the exhibition ... organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from March 10 to June 6, 2004"--Title page verso. "Essays by Kendall H. Brown, Leonard A. Lauder, Anne Nishimura Morse, and J. Thomas Rimer, with a note on printing techniques by Joan Wright." "From the late 19th to the early 20th century, Japan was a vital world center for postcard art. More than just casual mail pieces, these postcards were often designed by prominent artists and had a visual impact that belied their modest format. Remarkably beautiful examples of graphic design in their own right, they also recorded the shifting definitions of "East" and "West" at a time when such European currents as Art Nouveau began to show up in Japanese visual productions." "Art of the Japanese Postcard presents 300 full-color examples of these cards, culled from the vast Leonard A. Lauder Collection."--Dust jacket.
OCLC: 55012361
Price: $40.00