SIRÉN, OSVALD:

Les peintures chinoises dans les collections américaines. Five volumes. Paris & Bruxelles 1927-28.

. Folio. Pp. (iv), 41; 42-56; (iv), 57-70; (ii), 71-86; (ii), 87-112, (4). Title leaves printed in red and black. With 200 plates, captions in French and English. Loose as issued in five original cardboard portfolios, expertly restored and mounted on grey cloth. Housed in a specially made red cloth box with title label on upper cover. (" Annales du Musée Guimet. Bibliotheque d'Art. Nouvelle série II"). First edition.A complete set of this extensive and beautifully produced collection of reproductions of Chinese paintings selected by Sirén from American collections. Includes Sirén's descriptions and comments of the various paintings. Osvald Sirén (1879-1966), a renowned Finnish-Swedish art historian, was one of the early Western scholars and collectors of Chinese Art. He made four major travels to East Asia between 1918 and 1935.

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Book number: 100681

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, chinese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, illustrations, exploration,

TAKAGI, TEIJIRO (Photogr. & Publ.) [TAMAMURA, KÍZABURÍ]:

[POTTERY MAKING]. The Transformation of Mother Earth from Nature to Art. Kobe, T. Takagi, 1907.

. Oblong 8vo. Colour-printed title leaf, introduction, Japanese colophon and 16 hand-coloured collotype photos, printed on one side only, protected by tissue guards. Captions in English. With an ink stamp reading "T. Takagi" printed over Tamamura's name on the colophon. Original silk covered boards, silk ties, lightly rubbed.Interesting album devoted to the process of making porcelain in Japan. The lovely photos show the various stages in processing the clay, including processes such as kneading, filtering and shaping the clay, and further depict the process of painting, coating and enamelling the wares. Teijiro Takagi, prolific photographer who bought K›zabur› Tamamura's branch studio in Kobe in 1904. He produced hand-coloured lantern slides and collotype albums, mainly for tourists. Ref. Bennett: "Old Japanese Photographers and Collections Data Guide" (2006), p. 292.

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Book number: 121221

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japanese, japon, japan, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, pottery, illustrated, porcelain, ceramics, art, handicraft

TANAKA, YUHO:

Kogei Shinzu (New Designs for Applied Arts). Two volumes. Kyoto, Yamada Naosaburo, Meiji 25 (1892).

. Complete set with forty leaves of colour woodblock-printed patterns depicting plants, birds, flowers, etc. With eight text leaves comprising title, preliminary leaves and colophon. Text in Japanese. The leaves are folded in the Japanese manner. Original decorated wrappers, title and blue figures printed on white background, silk ties, with minor wear. Ex-ownership stamps. First edition. A beautiful collection with patterns based on traditional Japanese motifs and nature scenes clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau ornamental style that became so popular at the time. The designs were created for use in decorative art including textiles, metalwork and ceramics. Occasionally some light offsetting but overall a very good set. The printer Yamada Naosaburo was the founder of Uns›d› publishing company in Kyoto, known for high quality pattern books. 

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Book number: 120667

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, design, pattern, art nouveau

TZARA, TRISTAN / DELAUNAY, SONIA (Ills.):

Le coeur à gaz: costumes de Sonia Delaunay. [Paris], Jacques Damase, [1977].

. Narrow folio portfolio. Size: 21 x 45 cm. As issued on heavy paper. With 51 numbered pages printed on recto only on (17) folded sheets + 2 pages and one blank. Comprises the text of the play "Le coeur à gaz" by Dadaist writer Tristan Tzara. Accompanied by twelve lithographs by Sonia Delaunay. Includes seven theatre costumes by Sonia Delaunay which are colour reproductions of the gouache maquettes made for the performance at Théátre Michel in 1923, two more double page lithographs (one issued as extra title page and one with two costumes) and three lithographed decorations in the text. Original card covers with striking design in black, red and cream. Limited edition of 150 copies, of which this is no. XXI (of XXV reserved for collaborators) on this publication and signed by S. Delaunay on the colophon. (The first 25 copies, nos. 1- 25, in the series were accompanied by a supplementary suite of 7 signed lithographs). A gorgeous copy of this beautiful and scarce work. Tristan Tzara (1896-1963) was the famous Roman-born writer and artist who was known to be one of the central figures in the anti-establishment Dada movement. His noted play "Le cÏur à gaz" was first staged as part of the 1921 "Dada Salon" at the Galerie Montaigne in Paris. It was written as a parody of classical drama in the form of an absurd dialogue between characters named after human body parts; mouth, ear, eye, nose, neck and eyebrow (Tzara himself). The second stage production, also titled "Le CÏur à barbe" was performed at Théátre Michel in July 1923. Sonia Delaunay, the famous Ukrainian-born French artist, designed and costumed the production. She created bright-coloured eccentric geometric-shaped suits of thick cardboard. The play has been seen as the last event in Dada's development as a cultural movement.

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Book number: 120290

Catalogue: Design

Keywords: Design, art deco, design, costumes, fashion, theatre, theater, french, play, art, lithographs, illustration, teater, mode,

WEBER, VICTOR FREDERIC:

"Ko-ji hô-ten". Dictionnaire a l'usage des amateurs et collectionneurs d'objects d'art japonais et chinois. Paris 1923.

. Folio. Pp. 511, (1); 509, (3) + appendices lvs (69). With five coloured full page plates and 70 monochrome full page plates. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. Original green cloth decorated in blind and gilt, calf spines lettered in gilt, hinges and extremities rubbed. A.e.g. First edition of an important and comprehensive reference work on Japanese art. It covers all aspects of the visual and three dimensional arts; ceramics, metal works, prints, Netsuke artists, famous painters, mythological and historical figures, famous sites, etc. A limited edition of 585 copies, of which this is no. 412. A heavy book. Cf Nipponalia (Kyoto Gaikokugo Dargaku) 827 (reprint N.Y. 1965).

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Book number: 32110

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, china, chinese, chine, asia, asiatic, asien, asie, far east, east, art, design,

WESTON, STEPHEN:

Fragments of Oriental Literature, with an Outline of a Painting on a curious China Vase. London, printed for the author, by S. Rousseau, 1807.

. Pp. xxviii, one blank, 152, (1). With one double-page engraved plate. Some annotations in pencil. Uncut copy in original boards, rubbed and some stain to upper cover. Presentation inscription from the author to Sir Henry Strachey, British politician. First edition. Comprises various essays on Arabic and Persian literature and languages. The engraved plate illustrate a vase in Weston's collection and is an early example of Chinese ceramic design in Western literature. Cordier BS 1565. Löwendahl 737.

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Book number: 120936

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, china, chine, kina, chinese, arabic, arabian, persian, persia, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, porcelain, poem, oriental, literature, fine art,

YAGIHASHI, SHIN (Text) & OOHORI, KAZUHIKO (Photogr.):

[JAPAN - PAPER PRODUCTION]. Ganpi-shi (Ganpi paper) . Tokyo, Arrow Art Works, Showa 52 (1977).

. Oblong folio (42 x 29.5 cm). Comprises eight folders with fourteen paper samples with accompanying text and pictures. As issued in original decorated soft-cover wrappers. Includes an introductory folder with text and one colour plate, and a facsimile of a pamphlet on Ganpi paper originally printed in the Meiji period. Original card folder (with some light foxing) and original card box. First edition, limited to 500 copies, of which this is no.116.A beautiful presentation of Ganpi handmade paper, a traditional high quality Japanese paper made from the fibre of the plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana. It has a smooth, shiny surface which is resistant to insects and ageing, used for artworks and official documents. This set includes four papers handmade by Abe Eishiro (1902-84), the first Japanese paper-maker to be designated as a National Living Treasure (1968) and an early follower of Yanagi Muneyoshi's Japanese Arts & Crafts Movement. Scarce (No copies in OCLC).

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Book number: 120691

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japon, japanese, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, paper, exploration,

TADANORI YOKOO :

Complete Tadanori Yokoo. Tokyo, Kodan sha, 1971.

. Pp. 328. Numerous illustrations, of which many in bright colours. Japanese text with one page of introduction in English. Decorated wrappers, some minor wear, in original decorated slip case, lightly rubbed (missing the belly band as usual). First edition. Yokoo Tadanori is one of Japan's most internationally recognised graphic designers and artists. He was born in 1936 in Hy›go prefecture and began his career as a stage designer for an avant-garde theatre in Tokyo. In the 1960s he travelled to India and became interested in mysticism and psychedelia, and he created a unique and entirely original art style. This collection which was exhibited throughout Japan at this time comprises various graphic works, paintings, advertisements, photographs etc. An American edition was published in 1977.

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Book number: 120758

Catalogue: East Asia

Keywords: East Asia, japan, japanese, japon, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, art, illustrated,

ZÜLOW, FRANZ VON:

Die 12 Monate. Originallithographien. Vienna, Druck und Verlag der Wiener Werkstätte, no date (1912).

. 4to. Comprises thirteen original colour lithographs, as issued, loose in publisher's black cloth portfolio illustrated with original lithographs by the artist on covers, abstract hand-painted front paste down and inner flaps. Housed in a specially-made chemise by Atelier Devauchelle. First edition printed in a very small number. A fine, complete set of this stunning work by Franz von Zülow comprising in total fifteen original colour lithographs; one plate for each month, one plate depicting the four seasons and two plates pasted on the covers. The fanciful lithographs have multiple pictures of people and animals placed in everyday and festive contexts depending on the month. Zülow uses a folkloristic and dynamic style with very expressive colours on a decorative flatness, influenced by the early Viennese Secession.Franz von Zülow (1883-1963) was a renowned Austrian painter, designer, graphic artist and muralist who worked at the Wiener Werkstätte from 1905 onwards and joined the Vienna Secession in 1908. The Wiener Werkstätte (1903-32) was a productive cooperative of skilled artisans (including architects, artists and designers) in Vienna dedicated to the production of modern decorative arts. The declared objective of the Wiener Werkstätte was to break through everyday life with remarkable artistic and aesthetic products. Two plates are narrowly cut but overall it's a lovely set of an impressive work of art. Rare. Ref. Heller, Die Bunte Welt, 455. Schweiger, Wiener Werkstätte, p. 185.

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Book number: 121037

Catalogue: Art Nouveau

Keywords: Art Nouveau, art nouveau, illustrated, design, artist, austria, vienna, Wiener Werkstätte, Vienna Secession, art, lithographs,