Softcover
2016 · Tokyo
by Ivinski, Pamela A. et al.
Tokyo: NHK / NHK Promotions Inc, 2016. Softcover. NF/As New. Color-illus. royal blue wraps with white/yellow lettering. French flaps. 212, [2] pp. with color and bw images. Catalogue from the exhibition held in Yokohama from June to September 2016 and in Kyoto from September to December. Most text in Japanese. Essays and brief descriptions are also in English, but full descriptions and chronology are in Japanese only. This retrospective, the first to be held in Japan in 35 years, was made up of some 100 carefully selected oil paintings, prints, pastels, and drawings. In addition to works from throughout Cassatt's career, the exhibition included paintings by the Impressionists she knew and the Japanese ukiyo-e prints she loved. A beautiful catalogue. Contents of the English section as follows: English section. Mary Cassatt: Finding Success as a Woman Artist / Nancy Mowll Mathews -- Mary Cassatt and Japanese Art: Origins of a Tender Gaze / Hideko Numata -- Mary Cassatt: From Student to Salon Painter to Impressionist / Pamela A. Ivinski -- Mary Cassatt: Unique Printmaker / Marc Rosen and Susan Pinsky -- Mary Cassatt and Watanabe Yuko: East Meets West at the Woman's Building at the Chicago World's Fair / Junko Uchiyama -- Section Summaries -- List of Works.
(Inventory #: 160804)