Unfolding Worlds: Japanese Screens from the Gitter-Yelen Collection Tapa dura - 2014

Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2014. Hardcover. NF/VG+. Cinnamon cloth/boards. Gilt lettering. Color-illus. tan dj with cinnamon lettering; French folds. 112 pp. full of color images. Lovely decorative end papers too. Text in English. This extensive album of photographs presents a selection of Japanese folding screens from the world-renowned Gitter-Yelen Collection. Masterpieces by some of the most influential artists of the 18th to 20th centuries are portrayed in exquisite detail with meticulous brush strokes and spectacular composition. These include such traditional themes of Japanese art as urban and rural life, landscape and the cycles of nature, and mythological narratives. Together with an extensive album of photographs that bring out the screens' captivating beauty, the publication features original research by Yukio Lippit of Harvard University and Shalmit Bejarano of Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University.

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2014. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. 110 pages with 80 illustrations in color. Foreword by James S. Snyder. Preface by Miriam Malachi. The Israel Museum, Ayala Zacks Abramov Pavilion for Israeli Art, Jerusalem June-November 2014. View of the Exhibition..