Together the Freer Gallery of Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution form the national museum of Asian art for the U.S. Featuring those gift and purchases honoring the 10th anniversary of the Sackler and the 75th anniversary of the Freer, this sumptuously illustrated volume traces not only the evolution of this country's perception of Asia, but also the evolution of the museum and its role. Essays by Thomas Lawton, former director of both galleries, and Thomas W. Lentz, deputy director, detail the separate but interrelated histories and directions of the two galleries.
- ISBN10 0295979089
- ISBN13 9780295979083
- Publish Date 1 May 1999
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 April 2002
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Washington Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 352
- Language English