First edition. Softcover. 143 pages. Features text by Robert T. Coffland that looks at various artists who work with bamboo. Includes photographs by Pat Pollard and portraits by Art Streiber. A clean very near fine copy in wrappers. Signed by Coffland on the title page.

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Title

Contemporary Japanese Bamboo Arts (Signed First Edition)

Publisher

Art Media Resources ltd and Tai Gallery, Chicago, IL and Santa Fe, NM

Publication Date

2000

Language

English

ISBN 10

1878529676

ISBN 13

9781878529671

Binding

Soft cover

Edition

1st Edition

Signed

Signed by Author(s)

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Art Monographs

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This book introduces the reader of the world of contemporary Japanese bamboo arts. Twenty of Japan's leading bamboo artists are featured in portraits and through their stunning bamboo baskets and sculptures. The artists include the two Living National Treasures of Japan, Iizuka Shokansai and Maeda Chikubosai II, as well as artists of traditional and contemporary styles. The author gives the reader the necessary background information to understand how this art form evolved over the last hundred and fifty years and the current challenges the field faces. With beautiful photographs by Pat Pollard and portraits of artists by Art Streiber.

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