


The new wave
Twentieth Century Japanese Prints from the Robert O. Muller Collection
1993 London, Leiden,
Okamoto Hiromi , Henry D Smith II, Donald Jenkins,
Julia Meech, Chris Uhlenbeck
Edited by : Amy Reigle
11.5" x 11.5", 298 pages cloth with dust jacket 316 large full color
illustrations,
The work of 65 Artists providing a comprehensive and fascinating
overview of the ShinHanga movement.
Robert O. Muller can be considered the most important collector in
the world of 20th century Japanese prints. He amassed over 4500
designs, tracing back the artistic developments of the past century to
the Meiji period (1868-1912). His holdings, now in the Arthur M.
Sackler Gallery of Art in Washington, DC include the finest possible
examples of artists that specialized in the portrayal of female beauty
such as Hashiguchi Goyo (1880-1921), Ito Shinsui (1898-1972) and
Torii Kotondo (1900-1976), the earliest and best works of the two
major landscape artists Kawasui Hasui (1883-1957) and Hiroshi
Yoshida (1876-1950) as well as numerous works by western artist and
less known artists .
Most of the prints are in the 20th-century Japanese style of
"shin-hanga ,with Informative annotations on the career of the artist
and the subject and style of the print.
General bibliography, Glossary, Index of prints and artists
Condition: as New, fine/fine
Cloth US$ 850.00
The new wave,
Twentieth Century Japanese Prints
from the Robert O. Muller Collection