The Radiance of jade and the clarity of water
Subtitle: Korean ceramics from the Ataka collection
By: organized by Ikutarō Itoh and Yutaka Mino ; with contributions by Jonathan W. Best and Pamela B. Vandiver.
Contributors: Itō, Ikutarō, 1931-; Mino, Yutaka.; Art Institute of Chicago.; Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Art Institute of Chicago; Hudson Hills Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Chicago, IL; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 158
Subjects: Ataka Sangyō Kabushiki Kaisha -- Art collections; Pottery, Korean -- Koryŏ period, 935-1392 -- Exhibitions; Pottery, Korean -- Yi dynasty, 1392-1910 -- Exhibitions; Porcelain, Korean -- Koryŏ period, 935-1392 -- Exhibitions; Porcelain, Korean -- Yi dynasty, 1392-1910 -- Exhibitions; Pottery -- Private collections -- Japan -- Osaka -- Exhibitions; Porcelain -- Private collection -- Japan -- Osaka -- Exhibitions
Description: The Art Institute's holdings of twentieth-century painting and sculpture is one of the most important in the world. Now, for the first time, this outstanding collection is surveyed in this stunning, full-color volume celebrating a century of innovation and creativity.

Included are over one hundred and forty masterpieces by the most celebrated American and European artists of the period, spanning such diverse movements as Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Minimalism.

World-renowned highlights of the collection include Brancusi's lyrical sculpture Golden Bird, Hopper's poignant Nighthawks, Matisse's monumental Bathers by a River, Picasso's masterful Old Guitarist, Wood's iconic American Gothic, as well as important works by Cornell, Hockney, Lawrence, O'Keeffe, Moore, Pollock, Sherman, Stella, and Warhol.

In addition to an introduction on the history of the collection, this handsome volume offers a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century painting and sculpture. All of the featured works are accompanied by brief, informative entries written for the general reader by Margherita Andreotti, Courtney Donnell, Audrey Fosse, Madeleine Grynsztejn, and Daniel Schulman of The Art Institute of Chicago; Sue Taylor of the University of Chicago; and Dennis Nawrocki of the College of Art and Design in Detroit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Catalog for an exhibition held at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.