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Kagedo specializes in fine Japanese art,
with a focus on the transition to modernism from the end
of the 19th through the 20th century. Our interests range
from the traditional to the contemporary and reflect over
thirty years of connoisseurship and experience.
The owners of Kagedo Japanese Art, Jeffery Cline and
William Knospe, have published seven folio catalogues that
explored an idiosyncratic path from the classical to the
modern, including ceramics, lacquer, metalwork, furniture,
stone and wood carving, studio basketry, sculpture, and
painting.
Jeffery Cline served for many years on the vetting
committee for Japanese art at the prestigious
International Asian Art Show in New York, and has lectured
on Japanese art both in the United States and Japan.
We have helped assemble major private collections of
basketry, classical ceramics, Art Deco and modernism, 20th
century lacquers, Mingei or Japanese folk art, Ainu and
other folk textiles, Imperial Japanese art in the areas of
metalwork and cloisonné, as well as Nihonga painting.
Many of our pieces now reside in the permanent collections
of major public institutions, including: the Seattle Art
Museum, the San Francisco Asian Art Museum, the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston, the Denver Art Museum, the Freer Gallery of Art
and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries, the Minneapolis Institute
of Arts, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Samuel P.
Harn Museum of Art, the Morikami Museum of Japanese
Culture, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and the
Sannenzaka Art Museum.
As private dealers, we welcome conversations with
interested collectors. We are happy to consult in our
areas of interest, whether regarding prices, availability
or requests for searches for particular pieces.
After nearly 30 years in Seattle, we are moving to Orcas
Island, Washington in the summer of 2012 following the
completion of our new residence, galleries and gardens. In
advance of the move, we closed the Pioneer Square gallery
in the autumn of 2011 and moved to temporary offices in
Seattle. Friends and collectors interested in visiting are
encouraged to contact us.
Jeffery Cline & William Knospe
Kagedo Japanese Art |