DARIDAN (Geneviève) - Lot 90

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DARIDAN (Geneviève) - Lot 90
DARIDAN (Geneviève) Seven Centuries of Japanese Sculpture. Encounters with the West. Preface by Bernard Dorival. Photographs by Sakamoto and Azukaen. Paris, Librairie Hachette, “Bibliothèque des Guides Bleus,” 1963. Large quarto, 147-[4] pp., abundant black-and-white photographic illustrations, some full-page and double-page; publisher’s cardboard binding covered in red cloth, illustrated dust jacket preserved. The edition and collation are well confirmed by the bibliographic references: Hachette, 1963, 147 pages, with heliogravure photographs by Sakamoto and Azukaen. First edition of this important work devoted to Japanese sculpture and its relationship to Western art, covering seven centuries of artistic evolution. In particular, the study compares certain plastic and iconographic principles of Japanese statuary with their Western equivalents, all of which are remarkably supported by a wealth of photographic documentation. In 1964, the book was awarded the Hercule Catenacci Prize by the Académie française, an honor bestowed upon Geneviève Daridan specifically for *Seven Centuries of Japanese Sculpture*. It was also translated into Japanese, attesting to the study’s reception beyond France. A fine copy in its original dust jacket, which shows some scuffing and minor wear on the flaps and corners; a few foxing spots on the first few pages, but the interior is otherwise clean. The photographs are high-contrast and particularly spectacular.
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