Lloyd Cotsen’s collections
Learn about Lloyd Cotsen‘s collections, which include Chinese bronze mirrors, textiles, folk art, and Japanese baskets. Lloyd Cotsen founded the Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University, which houses Cotsen’s vast collection of children’s books from around the world. Bonus video from the PLAY episode.
Archival courtesy of:
Cotsen Foundation for the Art of Teaching
Tom McCarthy/Museum of New Mexico
Bruce White Photography & Cahill, Suzanne and Lothar von Falkenhausen (ed.). Lloyd Cotsen Study Collection of Chinese Bronze Mirrors: Volume I: Catalogue; Volume II: Studies. Monumenta Archaeological 25. Los Angeles: Cotsen Occasional Press & Cotsen Institute of Archaeology (2012).
Openwork Flower basket, 1926–2000, by Maeda Chikubosai II (Japanese, 1917–2003). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: comb plaiting (thousand-line construction), square plaiting, circular plaited base (inside), chrysanthemum plaited base (variant; underside). Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.34. © Estate of Maeda Chikubosai II. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Museum of International Folk Art, Gift of Lloyd E. Cotsen and the Neutrogena Corporation, A.1995.93.1542, A.1995.93.2566, A.1995.93.358, A.1995.93.2547, A.1995.93.2510, A.1995.93.1359, A.1995.93.1102, A.1995.93.1305, A.1995.93.1696, A.1995.93.1800, A.1995.93.2603, A.1995.93.1568, A.1995.93.2321V, A.1995.93.2415V, A.1995.93.2326, A.1995.93.1181, A.1995.93.1160, A.1995.93.961, A.1995.93.374, A.1995.93.248, A.1995.93.409, A.1995.93.65, A.1995.93.254, A.1995.93.13.
Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, Gift of Julia Meech and Andrew Pekarik in honor of Nucy Meech, FA.1986.539.67.
Museum of International Folk Art, Gift of Susan & Robert Alder Baker, A.2002.48.2.
Museum of International Folk Art, gift of Harry Pieris, A.1955.47.4.
Museum of International Folk Art, IFAF Collection, FA.1955.6.2.
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Suspended flower basket, 1912–1947, by Yamashita Kochikusai (Japanese, 1876–1947). Bamboo (madake and smoked nemagari dake [hobichiku]) and rattan, selected techniques: compound lozenge plaiting (variant), twining, chrysanthemum base plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.5. © Estate of Yamashita Kochikusai. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Circles and Harmony (Wa to Wa), 1979, by Shiotsuki Juran (Japanese, 1948–2016). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: thousand-line construction, hexagonal plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.498. © Estate of Shiotsuki Juran. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Wave, approx. 1999, by Yamaguchi Ryuun (Japanese, b. 1940). Bamboo (madake) and rattan, selected techniques: thousand-line construction. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.531. © Yamaguchi Ryuun. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Flower basket, approx. 1935, by Kadota Niko (Japanese, 1907–1994). Bamboo (madake and moso chiku) and rattan, selected techniques: bamboo rhizome handle, unsplit bamboo culms, bamboo node base. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.686. © Estate of Kadota Niko. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Shimmering of Heated Air (Kagero), approx. 1969, by Shono Shounsai (Japanese, 1904–1974). Bamboo, rattan, and copper alloy. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.836. © Shono Shounsai. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Flower basket, approx. 1925–1975, by Yufu Shohaku (Japanese, b. 1941). Bamboo (madake), selected techniques: bamboo rope, unsplit bamboo culms, bamboo rhizome, irregular plaiting, bundled plaiting. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, Lloyd Cotsen Japanese Bamboo Basket Collection, 2006.3.721. © Estate of Yufu Shohaku. Photograph © Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
Gere Kavanaugh
Cotsen Textile Traces Study Collection T-1155, T-1132, T-0193.088, courtesy of the George Washington University Museum, Photography by Bruce M. White.
Espi Frazier’s work at JELMA
Artist, puppeteer, museum educator Schroeder Cherry on his role as curator at the James E. Lewis Museum of Art in Baltimore, Maryland, where he invites artist Espi Frazier to show her work in the gallery. Bonus video from the PLAY episode
Schroeder Cherry’s African puppets
Artist, puppeteer, museum educator Schroeder Cherry on African puppets in his collection and the African inspired puppet he made. Bonus video from the PLAY episode
Gustave Baumann segment
Multidisciplinary artist Gustave Baumann, who created paintings, woodblock prints and marionettes in the first half of the 20th century. Baumann was deeply inspired by the landscape and people of Santa Fe, and the city keeps his legacy alive today with their yearly Christmas marionette show. Segment from the MINIATURES episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
International Folk Art Market segment
We travel the globe at the annual International Folk Art Market in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where artists and makers from around the world including Mexico, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Ukraine, Eswatini, and more share their practices and culture through miniature folk art and other craft traditions. Segment from the MINIATURES episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
Alexander Girard segment
In Santa Fe, New Mexico, iconic 20th-century designer Alexander Girard’s passion for folk art is on view at the “Multiple Visions” exhibition at the Museum of International Folk Art. In the 1980s, Girard donated his collection of over 100,000 pieces of miniature folk art from all over the world to the museum and transformed into one expansive exhibition that has been displayed exactly as he designed it for over 40 years. Segment from the MINIATURES episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
Calder Kamin segment
In Breckenridge, Colorado, Calder Kamin creates an art installation for the Breckenridge International Arts Festival. Calder is committed to reusing and recycling in her art and sculpts from discarded plastic, creating a unicorn with old Mardi Gras beads and engaging the community to learn sustainable art methods. Segment from the PLAY episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
Skirball Cultural Center segment
The Skirball Cultural Center is a Jewish educational institution that is hosts an annual puppet festival. This year, kinetic designer and puppeteer Chris Green joins to revisit one of the centerpieces of their children’s programming, Noah’s Ark, a vast installation featuring hundreds of animals crafted from repurposed objects. Segment from the PLAY episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
Schroeder Cherry segment
In Baltimore, artist and museum educator Schroeder Cherry introduces us to his cast of handmade puppets. Dr. Cherry puts on puppet shows to share African American history with children and adults alongside his practice as a painter and assemblage artist. Segment from the PLAY episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).
International Guild of Miniature Artisans
Barbara Davis, Director of the Guild School, on the International Guild of Miniature Artisans. Bonus video from the MINIATURES episode, now streaming on the PBS App, pbs.org/craftinamerica, and craftinamerica.org. PBS broadcast premiere December 29, 2023 (check local listings).