Los Angeles County Museum of Art Netsuke at LACMA: The Bushell Gifts March 8, 2014 – November 2, 2014 Pavilion for Japanese Art, Raymond and Frances Bushell Netsuke Gallery Raymond Bushell began collecting netsuke in the 1940s shortly after arriving in Japan. After decades of collecting and with access to an abundance of netsuke Bushell […]
Bushell Netsuke: The Evolution of 18th-century Netsuke October 27, 2012 – February 2013 Pavilion for Japanese Art, Level 2, Raymond and Frances Bushell Netsuke Gallery Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90036 + Precisely when netsuke were first used in Japan is not known although historic documents and pictorial […]
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Japanese Pavilion is currently exhibiting “An Eye for Excellence: Raymond Bushell’s Favorite Netsuke” through July 19. In conjunction with the upcoming May 2011 convention of the International Netsuke Society to be held in Los Angeles, the LACMA is holding a special exhibition of netsuke from the collection of Raymond […]