Bridge of Dreams: The Mary Griggs Burke Collection of Japanese Art [Signed]

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, 2000. Large folio; xiv, 450 pages: illustrations (chiefly color); 32 cm. Printed on coated stock, with numerous full-color phot reproductions. About near fine(-) with light soiling & foxing to upper and fore edges. In an about very good jacket with small closed tear upper outer edge-fold. Jacket in archival mylar. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780870999413, 9780870999420

Signed and inscribed by Mary Griggs Burke to a relative. A unique association copy thus. "The Mary Griggs Burke Collection, represented in this volume and in the exhibition it accompanies, is a testimony to the intensity and selectivity of Mrs. Burke's collecting, guided by a discerning eye, a deep affection for Japan, and an appreciation of the country's cultural heritage." "Long recognized as one of the finest collections of Japanese art in private hands, the Mary Griggs Burke Collection is the largest and most comprehensive outside Japan." "While it provides a historical overview of the development of Japanese art, the collection illustrates as well Japan's capacity to foster divergent artistic traditions both from other cultures and from those that reflect indigenous tastes. It also demonstrates the profound impact of Buddhism on Japanese culture, the tastes and values of the courtly and military elite, and the interests of patrons who range from Sinophile rulers and scholars to pleasure-seeking urbanites."--Jacket. / Mary Griggs Burke (1916–2012) was an American art collector. Over fifty years, Burke acquired the largest private collection of Japanese art outside Japan. Her collection grew so large that she housed it in a separate apartment adjacent to her own on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. In 1985, portions of her collection were exhibited at the Tokyo National Museum, becoming the first Western collection of Japanese art to be displayed at the museum. Mary Griggs Burke was a Trustee, (1976-1995) and Trustee Emeritus (1995-2012) to The Metropolitan Museum of Art. She also inherited Forest Lodge, a family lake-side property on Lake Namakagon near Cable, Wisconsin which she loved dearly; that property was left to Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin, along with a $10-million endowment to create the Mary Griggs Burke Center for Freshwater Innovation." —Wikipedia / Issued in conjunction with the exhibition "The art of Japan from the Mary Griggs Burke collection" held March 28-June 25, 2000 Art Private collections, Art japonais Expositions, Art, Japanese, Art, Japanese Exhibitions / **A large, heavy book. Extra shipping fees may be requested.**