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Two landmark exhibitions of private collections of Japanese art-the Powers Collection,
shown at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum in I970, and the Burke Collection, exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum in I975 - provided early inspiration and much needed scholarship.
These exhibitions both presented encyclopedic collections of Japanese art. But Messrs. Barnet
and Burto found that their own interest centered on a uniquely Japanese aesthetic, often
summed up in a single word: Zen. "Zen Painting and Calligraphy:' an exhibition organized in
I970 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and featuring major loans from Japan, played a
key role in broadening their taste.
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The Written Image Japanese Calligraphy and Painting From the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collect
Two landmark exhibitions of private collections of Japanese art-the Powers Collection,
shown at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum in I970, and the Burke Collection, exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum in I975 - provided early inspiration and much needed scholarship.
These exhibitions both presented encyclopedic collections of Japanese art. But Messrs. Barnet
and Burto found that their own interest centered on a uniquely Japanese aesthetic, often
summed up in a single word: Zen. "Zen Painting and Calligraphy:' an exhibition organized in
I970 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and featuring major loans from Japan, played a
key role in broadening their taste.
Two landmark exhibitions of private collections of Japanese art-the Powers Collection,
shown at Harvard's Fogg Art Museum in I970, and the Burke Collection, exhibited at the
Metropolitan Museum in I975 - provided early inspiration and much needed scholarship.
These exhibitions both presented encyclopedic collections of Japanese art. But Messrs. Barnet
and Burto found that their own interest centered on a uniquely Japanese aesthetic, often
summed up in a single word: Zen. "Zen Painting and Calligraphy:' an exhibition organized in
I970 by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and featuring major loans from Japan, played a
key role in broadening their taste.