KIDDER (J. Edward, Jr.). — Japanese Sculptures. - Lot 180

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KIDDER (J. Edward, Jr.). — Japanese Sculptures. - Lot 180
KIDDER (J. Edward, Jr.). — Japanese Sculptures. Tokyo, Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha; Fribourg, Office du Livre, 1961. Large quarto / folio, 335 pp., in the publisher’s light-colored cloth binding, with a color-illustrated photographic dust jacket. First French edition, translated and with a preface by Madeleine-Paul David, then assistant curator at the Cernuschi Museum. The book was published simultaneously in Tokyo by Bijutsu Shuppan-Sha and in Fribourg by the Office du Livre; the bibliography lists 1961 as the year of this first edition, with a second edition appearing in 1963. An important monograph devoted to Japanese sculpture from its origins through the historical periods, focusing in particular on prehistoric and protohistoric works, Buddhist statuary, and the evolution of the major trends in religious sculpture. The book reproduces archaic figures and haniwa as well as major Buddhist ensembles, bodhisattvas, deities, and dance masks. Extensive iconography comprising 96 black-and-white plates and 6 full-page color plates, reproduced with the meticulous care characteristic of major art publications from the Office du Livre. The book is supplemented by a glossary, a bibliography, and a chronological table compiled by Dietrich Seckel. A very complete copy with its original dust jacket, though the dust jacket is heavily damaged: significant tears and missing sections at the top, wear and small tears along the edges, and scuffing. The book itself, however, appears clean and well-preserved.
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