Month: December 2012

The world of Japanese art has lost one of the great collectors with the death of Mary Griggs Burke, age 96, at her home in New York City on December 8, 2012.

Mary Livingston Griggs was born in St. Paul, Minnesota on June 20, 1916. She grew up in a Victorian mansion filled with 18th-century French art, but was also exposed to a few Japanese pieces that her mother had acquired. She earned a bachelor’s degree in 1938 from Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied literature with Joseph Campbell and painting with Bradley Walker Tomlin, a member of the New York School of Abstract Expressionists.

Why not give JASA journals and art books this holiday season? Many are available at special discounted rates until December 31:  Impressions 37, $31 $21;  Impressions back issues 19–25 and 27–36, $15 $12 ; and Designed for Pleasure, $45 $26. All prices include shipping within the U.S. To order, please visit our JASA Store or use our Publications Order Form.