A Flight of Butterflies
by Kanzaka Sekka
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued; the slipcase has modest age-toning.
- Seller
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DeLand, Florida, United States
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About This Item
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1979. Hardcover in a Slipcase. Very Good/No Dust Jacket Issued; the slipcase has modest age-toning.. Illustrated by Kanzaka Sekka.
This publication is a facsimile of a 1904 book given as gift to Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Slip case has age-toning; no flaws to the exquisite book. Printed in Japan. 10 inches tall; Unfolds accordion style to become a 31-foot-long tapestry evoking the grace, movement, color, and delicacy of butterflies, in full-color woodblock plates depict 216 winged beauties, soaring and drifting across the pages in apparently seamless flight.. Kamisaka Sekka was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition. [wiki]
This publication is a facsimile of a 1904 book given as gift to Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Slip case has age-toning; no flaws to the exquisite book. Printed in Japan. 10 inches tall; Unfolds accordion style to become a 31-foot-long tapestry evoking the grace, movement, color, and delicacy of butterflies, in full-color woodblock plates depict 216 winged beauties, soaring and drifting across the pages in apparently seamless flight.. Kamisaka Sekka was an important artistic figure in early twentieth-century Japan. Born in Kyoto to a Samurai family, his talents for art and design were recognized early. He eventually allied himself with the traditional Rinpa school of art. He is considered the last great proponent of this artistic tradition. [wiki]
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- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA] (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15406
- Title
- A Flight of Butterflies
- Author
- Kanzaka Sekka
- Illustrator
- Illustrated by Kanzaka Sekka
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in a Slipcase
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket Issued; the slipcase has modest age-toning.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1979
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