Background
Lee, Sherman Emery was born on April 19, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Emery H. and Adelia (Baker) Lee.
(Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of ...)
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, October 2-November 24, 1968, which included loans from museums and private collectors in the United States, Europe, and Asia, many being shown for the first time. The book contains two lengthy scholarly articles as well as annotated b/w photographs of 306 items, including sculpture, silver, ceramics, painting, calligraphy, wood-block prints, lacquer, jade and ivory, and textiles.
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(Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal...)
Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal. New chronologies in Stone age and Bronze Age, China, Korea, and Japan. Wonderfully photographed and illustrated.
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(Custom edition for Pennsylvania State University, taken f...)
Custom edition for Pennsylvania State University, taken from Fifth Edition of book by same name.
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Lee, Sherman Emery was born on April 19, 1918 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Emery H. and Adelia (Baker) Lee.
Bachelor, Master of Arts, American University. Doctor of Philosophy, Western Reserve University.
Curator, Far Eastern art, Detroit Institute Art, 1941-1946; with department arts and monuments, division civil information and education section, General Headquarters Supreme Command Allies Pacific, Tokyo, 1946-1948; assistant director, then associate director, Seattle Museum Art, 1948-1952; curator Oriental art, Cleveland Museum Art, 1952-1983; director, Cleveland Museum Art, 1958-1983; professor art, Western Reserve U., 1983-1997. Adjunct Professor U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1984-1997.
(Catalog of an exhibition held at the Cleveland Museum of ...)
(A detailed and careful chronology of fine art in Japan, p...)
(Custom edition for Pennsylvania State University, taken f...)
(A beautiful edition in Hardback was not amiable for sale ...)
(Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal...)
(Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal...)
(Covers Himalayan areas--Ladakh, Kashmir, Tibet, and Nepal...)
(Art History, Art Criticism)
(Book by Lee, Sherman E.)
(history of far east art)
Trustee Amon Carter Museum Western Art. Served from ensign to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member American Academy Arts and Sciences, Asia Society (honorary trustee), Century Assn (New York City).
Married Ruth A. Ward, September 3, 1938. Children: Katharine C. (Mistress Bryan Reid), Margaret A. (Mistress Stephen Bachenheimer), Elizabeth K. (Mistress William Chiego), Thomas W.