pp. 20. Square 8vo., measuring 9.5" x 10". Pictorial, twice-stapled, card covers. Black-and-white portrait frontispice of Jane ek. Illustrated with black-and-white, and colour photographic reproductions of the artist's various works, complete with a concise biography of the artist, a list of their exhibitions (until the time of publication), a list of honours and prizes, and a detailed ennumerated list of the artist's oil paintings, drawings, pastels, graphics (with bibliographic details such as their dates of publication, measurements, and titles in Japanese and English). One very faint and minor spot to the lower-left margin of the front cover, contents free of any blemishes with bright, clean, and unmarked leaves and firm, sound binding; near fine. An exceptionally scarce SIGNED catalogue of an exhibition of the late Czech painter, graphic artist and illustrator with preface, introduction and notes by: Kentaro Hayashi, Seiji Oshima, Czech ambassador Ing. Karel Houska, and Vlasta Cihakova-Noshiro. Text printed in parallel columns in English, and Japanese. "It is our great pleasure to present this exhibition of the work of Ota Janecek, a Czechoslovak painter invited to Japan this year by The Japan Foundation. Mr. Janeck is well-known in Europe as a representative of contemporary Czech art; in Japan, he is very highly regarded as an illustrator of children's books, and known for his painting by specialists. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all those who have devoted their efforts to making, this exhibition possible: represents for Japanese audiences a very rare opportunity to see and admire art from Eastern Europe." Rare in commerce. Unrecorded in OCLC. Not found in Peel, BAC/LAC, Fisher, et al. SIGNED and dated by the artist wishing the recipient a "Happy New Year, 1982", and accompanied with a charming original ink line drawing by Janacek to the title page.

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Ota Jane ek [Ota Janacek] [SIGNED by the Artist with an Original Line-Drawing] ; Catalogue of an Exhibition held in Tokyo, December 8-14 / Nichido Salon, Ginza, Tokyo & Utsunomiya, January 9-13, 1982, Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts as Organized by The Japan Foundation / Tochigi Prefectural Musuem of Fine Arts

Publisher

Nichido Salon | Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts | The Japan Foundation | Printed by Editions Nichido, [Tokyo, Japan]

Publication Date

1981

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Card Covers

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First Edition, First Printing.

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Signed by Author(s)

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