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The LACMA collections can be searched on-line. Look for photographs, descriptions, and library catalogue entries for Japan by searching Japanese Art under the Department category.

More than 100 masterworks from the collection, all in full color, each with a text about the artist and drawing as well as full documentation. 105 colour illustrations

under ISBN 0-295-87587-1. fine color plates. 9x12 The first published record of the collection catalogues 188 oil paintings, 43 sculptures, and 104 watercolor paintings (many published here for the first time). Entries on the individual works discuss central questions in their interpretation and provide biographical and historical context as well as iconographic and stylistic analysis. These are followed by listings of previous owners, exhibition histories, and references to art-related literature. Also included: a brief history of the collection's formation, short biographies of the artists, and suggestions for further reading. Elegantly produced with Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR