Gyotaku - The Impression of a Fish (Exhibition)

Exist Dates

1956 June 21 - 1956 September 4

Biographical or Historical Note

abstract

Exhibition. Opened June 21, 1956 and closed September 4, 1956. Located in Section 5, Floor 2 in the Corner Gallery at the American Museum of Natural History. Gyotaku: The Impression of a Fish at the American Museum of Natural History was an exhibition of Japanese fish prints and was curated by Francesca LaMonte, curator of fishes at the Museum.

Summary

Gyotaku - The Impression of a Fish was an exhibition of Japanese fish prints and was curated by Francesa LaMonte, curator of fishes at the Museum. The prints were created by members of Gyotaku-Kai (Friends of the Fish Print), a Japanese organization of artists and ichthyologists under the leadership of Yoshio Hiyama, an ichthyologist from the University of Tokyo. The thirty prints in the exhibition were obtained by the Museum with the assistance of the Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai (Association for International Cultural Relations). Janet Canning, a former Museum staff member and Gyotaku artist, gave interviews during the exhibition's preview (1).

Highlights included prints of various fish (1):

*John Dory

*Red squid

*Salmon

*Halibut

*Bass

*Mullet

*Carp

*Shrimp

This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.

Sources

(1) American Museum of Natural History. Press Release. "First Show of Exotic Japanese Fish Prints on View at American Museum of Natural History." June 21, 1956. Departmental Records, DR 101. American Museum of Natural History Library.

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Related Corporate, Personal, and Family Names

American Museum of Natural History. Corner Gallery.
Location of exhibition 1956 June 21 – 1956 September 4 (1)

Canning, Janet
Former Museum staff member and Gyotaku artist who gave interviews during the exhibition's preview (1)

Gyotaku-no-Kai (Friends of the Fish Print)
Institutional partner (1)

Kokusai Bunka Shinkōkai
Institutional partner (Association for International Cultural Relations) (1)

Monte, Francesca Raimonde 1895-1982
Curator of exhibition (1)

Related Resources

American Museum of Natural History. Annual Report. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1955-1956.
Page 4

American Museum of Natural History press releases, 1933-1990s.
"First Show of Exotic Japanese Fish Prints on View at American Museum of Natural History." June 21, 1956; "Ichthyologists' Delight, Japanese Fish Prints on View at American Musuem of Natural History." June 21, 1956.

subjectOf

Fish prints.
Date of resource: 1956; page 11 : illustrations ; 23 cm.; NE1340 .F58 1956

subjectOf

Historic Halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Curated digital images of permanent halls in the American Museum of Natural History Library, Digital Special Collections.

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