The Shores of a Dream: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's Early Work in America by Jane Myers; Tom Wolf; Corporate Author-Amon Carter Museum of Western Art - 1996-09

Amon Carter Museum. Used - Very Good.

Fort Worth, TX: Amon Carter Museum, 1996. Paperback. viii, 72p., 8.5x12 inches, color-printed album of the Japanese American artist's works with an introduction and an essay on the artist's career in the early 1920s. Published in conjunction with the exhibition, "The Shores of a Dream: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's Early Work in America"; corners slightly creased, else in good condition.

Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1996. paperback. very good(+). Yasuo Kuniyoshi. Illustrated in color and in black and white. viii, 72 pages. Thin 4to, glossy pictorial wrappers (spine a touch sunned). Fort Worth, Texas: Amon Carter Museum, (1996). Near fine.<br/> <br/>

Fort Worth, Tex: Amon Carter Museum, 1996. Softbound. VG. Red & color illustrated wraps. 80 pp. 20 color and 58 bw illus. Exhibition catalog examining Kuniyoshi's artistic development after his arrival to the U.S. With essays by Jane Myers and Tom Wolf. Published to accompany the exhibtion held from Sept 7 to Nov 17, 1996.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1996.. 4to. 72 pp. Very Good. Soft Covers. Pages fine. B&W and color photographic plates throughout.The Shores of a Dream: Yasuo Kuniyoshi's Early Works in America considers the paintings and drawings that Kuniyoshi produced before his first trip to Europe in 1925. As he began to develop his painting style, the young artist also executed a series of pen-and-ink drawings that were finished works of art in themselves. Kuniyoshi's sensuous still lifes and fanciful landscapes fused the principles of American modernism with artistic elements from folk art and from his Japanese heritage. His works are by turns humorous, fantastic, and serenely elegant, and always worthy of close examination. The Shores of a Dream reveals the range of Kuniyoshi's early work, from broadly painted canvases that echo American folk painting to pen-and-ink works reminiscent of Japanese sumi ink drawing or touched with delicate washes of color. Comparative examples from traditional Japanese art… Read More