Drawn from a recent gift of over 75 works from distinguished New York dealer Edward Nahem, Windows Facing East examines the explosion of Japanese aesthetic influence in the West after the “opening” of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854. On view in Windows Facing East are lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts—created by a diverse group of artists from the United States, Europe, and Japan—that demonstrate the richness and variety of the Western responses to Japanese art.
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Drawn from a recent gift of over 75 works from distinguished New York dealer Edward Nahem, Windows Facing East examines the explosion of Japanese aesthetic influence in the West after the “opening” of Japan by Commodore Matthew Perry in 1854. On view in Windows Facing East are lithographs, etchings, and woodcuts—created by a diverse group of artists from the United States, Europe, and Japan—that demonstrate the richness and variety of the Western responses to Japanese art.
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