A Flight of Butterflies - The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Thames and Hudson 1979
A beautiful reproduction of a book in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Printed on specially-made paper and bound in Japan by Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.
Containing a preface from Yoshi Zo, originally published with the original version in 1904.
Unfolds to become a 31-foot-long tapestry evoking the grace, movement, colour, and delicacy of butterflies, which the Japanese artist used as symbols for the brightly clad dancing girls of his dream.
25 woodblock prints - EN - 25,2×18,4cm - cloth leporello in a slipcase (writings on the case) - very good condition