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"Japanese prints have been integral to the identity of the Portland Art Museum since 1932, when the Museum was given 750 traditional woodblock prints from the collection of Mary Andrews Ladd. Since then, the museum's holdings have grown to more than 2,500 works and span from the late seventeenth century to the present day. [Title] is published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name, held at the Portland Art Museum. the first major publication...

"This book explores the history of Van Gogh's collection and analyses its composition and quality, and is accompanied by almost 150 illustrations of many of the prints he himself owned and which are now held in the Van Gogh Museum. These prints, by artists including Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada, lend us a compelling insight into one of the most powerful creative influences behind Van Gogh's art. Vincent van Gogh fell under the spell of Japanese...