This publication is the result of one of those relatively rare but exciting discoveries in the depths of a large museum’s store rooms–an album of drawings by one of the great illustrators and print designers, Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). Moreover, it likely corresponds to the original drawings for one of his announced, but never-printed, best-selling books of illustrations. It was billed as Master Iitsu’s Chicken-Rib Picture Book; Iitsu was one of Hokusai’s more than thirty aliases, and the term “chicken-rib” refers to a Chinese literary term for something trivial but worthwhile–like the bits of chicken left on the rib bones.
Read MoreMari Shaw explains her collecting impulses and enthusiasm for local and global art. Roberta interviews the collector in her Spruce St. home.
Read MoreRoberta visits Mari Shaw, art collector, writer, and friend of Artblog, at her home in Philadelphia and learns about the story of collecting art with her husband, Peter. Mari is a storyteller and there are many stories!
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