YOSHIKO KAKUDO (1934-2016): CURATOR, ARTIST, PHILANTHROPIST

An obituary for Yoshiko Kakudo, a curator, artist and philanthropist, who died on Jan 12, 2016 at the age of 81, is presented. Kakudo was the founding curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Working with the museum's first director, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence, a...

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Published inImpressions (New York, N.Y.) no. 38; p. 177
Main Author Mellott, Richard
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Lexington Japanese Art Society of America 01.01.2017
Subjects
Curators
Deaths
Japanese culture
Kakudo, Yoshiko
Personal profiles
Philanthropy
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Summary:An obituary for Yoshiko Kakudo, a curator, artist and philanthropist, who died on Jan 12, 2016 at the age of 81, is presented. Kakudo was the founding curator of Japanese art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. Working with the museum's first director, Rene-Yvon Lefebvre d'Argence, and Avery Brundage, its major benefactor, she enhanced the meager Japanese art collection and, later, through publications and lectures, made it one of the best known in the US in her tenure of thirty years. in her own unique way, she also pursued artistic goals and lasting philanthropic achievements throughout her life.
ISSN:1095-2136