ABriefHistoryoftheAsianArtCollection
• In1991,DePauwreceivedtheArthurE.Klauser'45AsianandWorldCommunityCollection.ThegiftincludesBuddhistart,objectsrelatedtoJapanesenoh theaterandsamuraiculture,paintedscreens,andwoodblockprintsfromthe18thand19thcenturies.SelectedobjectsfromthiscollectionaredisplayedintheShidzuo Iikubo ‘23Gallery.• GiftsofTibetanartdonatedbyBruceWalker’53complementtheAsiancollectionandincludeanimpressivenumberof18th-20thcenturythangkapaintingsaswellasreligiousandceremonialobjects. SelectedobjectsfromthiscollectionaredisplayedintheShidzuo Iikubo ‘23Gallery.• Dr.LelandD.Stoddard‘40gifted120Japanesemodernprintstotheuniversityin2000.Andasrecentlyas2016,DavidT.Prossergavetheuniversityanadditional20+postwarJapanesemodern/contemporaryworks,makingthecollectiononeofthelargestataMidwesternacademicmuseum.
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CraigHadley,Director/CuratorPeelerArtCenter, [email protected]
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Clockwise fromtop:Katanawithsheath(1999.2.1),IronTsuba /Swordguard (1991.11.131),Wakizashi withsheath(1999.2.2);GiftsofArthurE.Klauser‘45
Tanegashima Flintlock /17th c.JapanesecopyofPortuguesefirearmWood, brass,iron1991.11.135GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45
Butsudan/ 16th c.Lacqueredwood1885.1.1GiftofOGATASennosuke,classof1905
Amida Buddha/18th – 19thc.Lacqueredwood1991.11.148GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45
BuddhawithFlower/1960By:KAWANOKaoruWoodblock printonpaper2000.7.24GiftofLelandStoddard‘40
Nō performancemask/19th c.Carvedwood1991.11.24GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45
Nō performancemask/19th c.Carvedwood1991.11.37GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45
HoteiatDusk,fromtheseriesTheSevenGodsofFortune/1830sBy:UTAGAWASadatoraWoodblock printonpaper2000.7.100GiftofDr.LelandD.Stoddard‘40
Ryogoku Bridge,fromtheseriesNotedViewsofEdo/1860sWoodblock printonpaper1977.1.3GiftoftheBlancheStillson Estate
ScenesfromTheTaleofGenji/1857By:KUNISADAIIWoodblock printonpaper1991.11.227/2000.7.104GiftofArthurE.Klauser’45andDr.LelandD.Stoddard‘40
ATLEFT:Kiyomizudera/1941FromtheSeries:ScenesofSacredPlacesandHistoricLandmarks inJapanBy:TOKURIKI,TomikichiroWoodblock printonpaper(shin hanga)1991.11.249GiftofArthurE.Klauser’45
ATRIGHT:ToriiGateatSeashore- Miyajima/ 1949By:OKUYAMA,GihachiroWoodblock printonpaper(shin hanga)1991.11.251GiftofArthurE.Klauser’45
TheCherryBlossomsofMt.Shigi /early-mid20th c.FromtheSeries:ScenesofSacredPlacesandHistoricLandmarks inJapanBy:TOKURIKIWoodblock printonpaper(shin hanga)1998.7.17- .18GiftofDr.StevenG.Conant‘71
SailingBoats/ 1921By:YOSHIDAHiroshiWoodblock printonpaper(shin hanga)1991.11.172GiftofArthurE.Klauser’45
AncientSongNo.8/ 1965By:HAGIWARAHideoWoodblock printonpaper(sosaku hanga)2000.7.8GiftofDr.LelandD.Stoddard‘40
MakeaWish ontheSky/ 2004By:UEMURANarihiroCarvedIndianaLimestone(installednearOlinScienceBuilding)2004.1.1Giftoftheartist
AtomStruckTile:TheExplosion Center,Hiroshima, Shade/Light/ 1984By:RobertFitcherEtchingandlithographonpaper1985.26.3GiftofPeterJ.Klinger
Shakyamuni Buddha/ 19th c.Thangka;paintonsilk2002.4.5GiftofBruceWalker‘53
Yama,theLordofDeath/ 19th c.Thangka;paintonsilk2002.4.7GiftofBruceWalker‘53
DrawingoftheEightSacredEmblemsofBuddhism / 1962Coloredpencilsonpaper2002.4.5GiftofBruceWalker‘53
LotusFieldDrawing/ 1962Coloredpencilsonpaper2004.2.3GiftofBruceWalker‘53
DrawingDepictingtheDevastationofTibetanMonasteries/ 1962Color pencilsonpaper2004.2.11GiftofBruceWalker‘53
MiniatureportraitofMughalrulerBahadurShahZafar/ mid-19th c.Paintonivorywithsemi-precious stones1991.11.253GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45
MiniatureportraitofMughalrulerBahadurShahZafar/ mid-19th c.Paintonivorywithsemi-precious stones1991.11.255GiftofArthurE.Klauser‘45