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Art Gifts 2010-2011

The Gitter-Yelen Collection strives to contribute to the enjoyment and study of Japanese art through a variety of public offerings, including exhibitions, publications, and donations of works of art from its collection to art and educational institutions around the world.

We were pleased to be able to make the following gifts in 2010-2011.

Landscape
By Yoshimura KOKEI (1769-1836)
Pair of six-panel folding screens, ink, light color, and gold on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Foundation to the Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD

Bamboo and Waves
By Kamisaka SEKKA (1866-1942)
Eight fusuma panels, ink and gold on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in honor of Maxwell Hearn

Jurojin
By Kamisaka SEKKA (1866-1942)
Hanging scroll, ink and light color on silk
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, in honor of John Carpenter

Self Portrait with Calligraphy
By Tani BUNCHO (1763-1841)
Triptych of hanging scrolls, ink and light color on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA

Daruma
By Nakahara Nantenbo (1839-1925)
Hanging scroll, ink on paper
Gifted from the Gitter-Yelen Collection to the New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA, in commemoration of its centennial celebration, 2011

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