THE COMPLETE WORKS OF KAII HIGASHIYAMA, Volume 2. - INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST. . . [Vol. Two; II]

Published by Japan, copyright Kaii Higashiyama, Showa 75 (1980). / 143 (1) pages on thick medium-glossy paper, whole- and doublepage colour-illustrated throughout, 1 foldout-triple-page plate. - Publisher's silver-titled blue cloth binding with colour-illustr. dustjacket, in the colour-illustrated original publisher's slipcase; Folio (ca. 34 x 27,5 x 3 cm; ca. 2 kg.).

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°°° [SUMMER SALES: PRICE-REDUCTION of over 30% until Monday, September 21, 2026; previously EUR 365,-] --- FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL; BOLDLY INSCRIBED, SIGNED AND DATED in the same year BY THE ARTIST WITH BLACK INK-BRUSH in katakana- and kanji-characters to the Embassador of the German Democratic Republic ('GDR' [DDR, then East-Germany]) Horst Brie on the front flyleaf. --- BEST CONDITION; VOLUME 2 OF THE SERIES AND OTHER INSCRIBED HIGASHIYAMA-BOOKS FROM THE SAME SOURCE (Horst Brie) IN STOCK. . . --- HIS CLOSE RELATION TO GERMANY STARTED EARLY IN HIGASHIYAMA'S LIFE when he began his studies in Western-Art history at Berlin University in 1933 after studying Nihonga-painting at the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now: 'Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music') from 1921 to 1931, graduating with commendation then entering the School's research department, where he spent two years training under Somei Yuki. He joined an art competition during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Travelling a lot throughout his life he frequently visited central and northern Europe in general and Germany in particular. ''On January 12, 1985, Higashiyama together with Andy Warhol and Joseph Beuys participated in the 'Global-Art-Fusion' project . . ., in which a fax was sent with drawings of all three artist within 32 minutes around the worldfrom Düsseldorf (Germany) via New York (USA) to Tokyo (Japan), received at Vienna's Palais-Liechtenstein Museum of Modern Art. It was meant as a statement for peace during the Cold War in the 1980s. In 1953, he was selected to paint 27 fusama-e murals for the 'Shofuso Japanese House and Gardens' . . . in Nagoya for an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. . . The Shofuso was moved to Philadelphia in 1958 where the murals were on view until they were destroyed by vandals in 1974. In 1960, he painted a large mural entitled 'Sun, Moon, and The Four Seasons', for the state dining room the To-gu- Palace of the Crown Prince. A second imperial commission followed, resulting in the 1968 mural, 'Tide at Daybreak' (>Asaake no Ushio<), which is part of the Nami-no-ma hall of Tokyo Imperial Palace. . .'' (see Wikipedia). His good relations with Germany were not only focussed on the Eastern part of the then divided country: In 1984 he became member of the Federal Republic of Germany's 'Pour le Mérite für Wissenschaften und Künste'; in ''1992 [he was] awarded the UNESCO Picasso Gold Medal. [In] 1990 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Gallery' was opened in Nagano Prefectural Shinano Art Museum; in 1994 [the] 'Higashiyama Kaii Art Gallery' was opened in 'Ichikawa City Life Learning Center'; [in] 2005 [the] 'Sakaide Kagawa Prefectural Higashiyama Kaii Setouchi Art Museum' was opened.''(see Wikipedia). . .

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF KAII HIGASHIYAMA, Volume 2. - INSCRIBED BY THE ARTIST. . . [Vol. Two; II]
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HIGASHIYAMA, Kaii [Shinkichi] (1908-1999; Painter) / Kenji Adachi (Preface); Chisaburoh Yamada (Introduction) / Horst Brie (1923-2014; German Democratic Republic Diplomate / First GDR [DDR] Embassador in Japan from 1974 to 1983; Proveniance): [Kai Higajiyama]
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Japan, copyright Kaii Higashiyama, Showa 75 (1980). / 143 (1) pages on thick medium-glossy paper, whole- and doublepage colour-illustrated throughout, 1 foldout-triple-page plate. - Publisher's silver-titled blue cloth binding with colour-illustr. dustjacket, in the colour-illustrated original publisher's slipcase; Folio (ca. 34 x 27,5 x 3 cm; ca. 2 kg.).
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