Limited Edition Book: Tibetan Sky | Woodblock Prints of Naoko Matsubara
Limited Edition Book: Tibetan Sky | Woodblock Prints of Naoko Matsubara
A handsome limited edition book of Naoko Matsubara’s brilliantly coloured woodblock prints, with an original print handprinted on Japanese paper and signed by the artist in an edition of 300. Bayeaux Arts 2019. Edition number will vary from that shown in photo.
The print is housed in a foil-embossed letter fold portfolio. The book is bound with richly coloured cloth boards an dan embossed cover. The book and portfolio are house in a cloth clamshell case.
Note: There is a trade edition of this publication which is a softcover book. This is a different publication.
The printed book shows twenty multi-colored woodcuts and other images depicting the art of woodblock prints. A valuable collection. Introduction by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Essays by Dr. Pratapaditya Pal, renowned art historian and former Senior Curator of South Asian Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Dr. David Waterhouse, Professor of East Asian Studies, University of Toronto.
AUTHOR BIO:
Naoko Matsubara is a Japanese artist born in Tokushima. She graduated from the Kyoto University of Applied Arts in 1960, and went on to pursue a MFA degree at Carnegie Mellon University. She has also aught at he Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Currently she lives an works in Oakville, Ontario, Canada.