Japanese arts and crafts: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California [025]

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Title Japanese arts and crafts: Mingei International Museum, San Diego, California [025]
Photo Number Box 58, Mingei Serisawa Exhibit at Mingei Mus. in San Diego, 19
Description Photograph (detail) of textile design, 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; Clothing and dress--Photographs; Serizawa, Keisuke, 1895-1984--Photographs; Tierney, Lennox--Photographs; Japan; Art; Clothing and dress
Keywords Mingei; Arts and Crafts; Arts & Crafts; 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 Textile design (detail), Serizawa Exhibit, Mingei Museum, San Diego, California.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Image needs to be rotated 90% to left for correct orientation/view. 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: "In August 1996, Mingei International opened a new...facility on the Plaza de Panama in Balboa Park."--Mingei International Museum website. 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: Original caption information provided as: "Det. Nuno-Moji-Mon Textile Character Design, Keisuke Serizawa, Mingei Mus. S.D. Cal. USA"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s69k4v92
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 340857
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69k4v92
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