Opus 10
The Commission:
"I live in Kyoto and I want to take one of your folding screens back with me when I return to Japan. I want one of your architectural pieces!"
The patron who commissioned this screen was the widow of Harry Packard a renowned Asian antiquities collector and dealer. When I showed her the drawing she spoke softly to herself..."THIS is what Harry was trying to tell me about...." When it was unveiled in San Mateo, California on her daughter's tenth birthday.... she wept with gratitude...
"I live in Kyoto and I want to take one of your folding screens back with me when I return to Japan. I want one of your architectural pieces!"
The patron who commissioned this screen was the widow of Harry Packard a renowned Asian antiquities collector and dealer. When I showed her the drawing she spoke softly to herself..."THIS is what Harry was trying to tell me about...." When it was unveiled in San Mateo, California on her daughter's tenth birthday.... she wept with gratitude...
The picture above was taken just after its unveiling in California...
The pictures below were taken in its formal placing in the entry to her home in Kyoto...
The pictures below were taken in its formal placing in the entry to her home in Kyoto...
