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Postcard from Japan on Huntington Ave
In 2002, Leonard Lauder donated his collection of more than twenty thousand Japanese postcards to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. We saw these there recently on display. These works largely date from the early twentieth century to the years just before World War Two. They include delicate renderings ranging from views of the Sino-Soviet War, to paeans to the then-new telephone, art noveau jokester cards, and more. The feel of the Japanese prints is present, as are cartoons, silent film and comics. [Many of the postcards form part of a series, you could collect the whole set, and form a picture of a massive Japanese naval engagement.] The Japanese it seems were utterly enthralled by this mass medium. Color and tactile use of medium.. some of these must have been handpainted after going through first press... were amazing. Images extending across several cards were brilliant. Jake liked these better than the Gauguin Show, which he was able to get into through some twist of fortune. Nice Memorial Day weekend event for us. Anyway the MFA has placed a tremendous portion of these postcards in a fairly navigable database online. I laud Lauder. Click to go to: MFA Japanese Postcard DB
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MFA Japanese Postcard DB entry
MFA Japanese Postcard DB
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