Author: STAMEY, EMILY
Title: The prints of Roger Shimomura : a catalogue raisonne, 1968-2005 / Emily Stamey
Description: Lawrence : Spencer Museum of Art. The University of Kansas ; Seattle ; London : In association with the University of Washington Press 2007. First Edition. An exceptional paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 152 pages; Physical desc.: 152 p. : illus. (chiefly col.) ; 25 x 27 cm. Subjects: Shimomura. Roger. (1939- ) -- Catalogues raisonnes. Prints & printmaking -- Exhibition catalogues and specific collections. Summary: Written by the author who is a painter and theatre artist. this book explores his Japanese American identity through a stylistic combination of twentieth-century American pop art and traditional eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Japanese woodblock prints. Contents: Artist's statement -- The prints of Roger Shimomura -- Introduction -- Seattle to Syracuse -- Lawrence -- Using Ukiyou -- Oriental masterprints -- Erotic images -- A shift -- Images of internment -- Yellow no same -- Memories of childhood -- Mistaken identities.ISBN: 97802959867232. Weight in Kg appr.:

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