Japanese Art /Sadakichi Hartmann

Name/Title

Japanese Art /Sadakichi Hartmann

Entry/Object ID

2015.7.239

Description

Bound for Beauty #52 288 p., [30] leaves of plates, incl. frontis : ill. (some col.) Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-281). Contents: Early Religious Painting; The Feudal Period; The Renaissance; The Realistic Movement; The Influence of Japanese Art on Western Civilization; Japanese Architecture and Sculpture; The Ornamental Arts; Modern Japanese Art; Bibliography; Index.

Collection

Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings

Lexicon

Search Terms

Art, History, 1900s

Dimensions

Height

7-1/2 in

Book Details

Author

Sadakichi Hartmann

Publisher

L.C. Page & Company

Place Published

City

Boston

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Continent

North America

Date Published

1903

Date Printed

1904

Binding

Binding Type

Publisher's Binding- Japonisme

Binding Designer

Amy Rand

Binding Notes

Decorated maroon cloth with cover and spine design in gilt, black, green and blue, depicting flying cranes against a Hiroshoge-like breaking wave. Signed binding attributed to Amy Rand. Top edge gilt, deckled edges.

Notes

Numbered bookplate of the New Century Club, a private lending library, is affixed to the inside pastedown. Bookplate #432 of the New Century Club. Class 761, Book H333.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Country

Japan

Exhibition

Bound for Beauty: Highlights from the Roberts Collection