Japanese arts and crafts: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California [006]

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Title Japanese arts and crafts: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California [006]
Photo Number Box 58, Mingei Serisawa Exhibit at Mingei Mus. in San Diego, 9
Description Photograph of door hanging (noren), Happiness or Congratulations (Kotobuki Irosashi), cloth, 62 in. x 39 3/4 in. (157.48 cm x 100.97 cm), exhibited as part of 1979 exhibition Keisuke Serizawa: A National Treasure of Japan, Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1979
Subject Museum exhibits--Photographs; Mingei International Museum--Photographs; Mingei International Museum of Folk Art--Photographs; Art objects, Japanese--Photographs; Folk art--Photographs; Textile crafts--Photographs; Draperies--Photographs; Serizawa, Keisuke, 1895-1984--Photographs; Tierney, Lennox--Photographs; Japan; Art; Draperies
Keywords Mingei; Arts and Crafts; Arts & Crafts; Noren; Partitions; Displays
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage San Diego (Calif.); La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)
Caption on Slide Serizawa Exhibit at old Mingei Museum in University Town Center, La Jolla (San Diego area), California, U.S.A.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The Mingei International Museum is a non-profit public institution that collects, conserves and exhibits folk art, craft and design. The museum was first founded in 1974 and its building opened in 1978...at University Towne Centre in [La Jolla, within the northern city limits of] San Diego."--Wikipedia. Note: "KEISUKE SERIZAWA: A Living Treasure of Japan was held Jun 23, 1979 - Oct 14, 1979. It was guest-curated, designed and installed by Mr. Serizawa and members of his atelier in Japan...The opening reception, attended by Mr. Serizawa and his family, was filmed by the National Geographic for a special program that aired in 1981. The Mingei International documentary publication included text by Lennox Tierney, Curator of Asian Art at the San Diego Museum of Art."--Mingei International Museum website. Note: "Noren are traditional Japanese fabric dividers, hung between rooms, on walls, in doorways, or in windows. They usually have one or more vertical slits cut from the bottom to nearly the top of the fabric, allowing for easier passage or viewing. Noren are rectangular and come in many different materials, sizes, colors, and patterns. Noren are traditionally used by shops and restaurants as a means of protection from sun, wind, and dust, and for advertising space. They are also hung in the front entrance to a shop to signify that the establishment is open for business, and they are always taken down at the end of the business day."--Wikipedia. Note: "Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil."--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6p84vvj
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340382
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p84vvj
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