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Graphic display

By Lisa J. Curtis
GO Brooklyn Editor

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James McNeill Whistler, Mary Cassatt, Winslow Homer and other famous American artists caught J-fever in the late 19th century, and the Brooklyn Museum has 25 works on paper to prove it in its Luce Visible Storage Center, beginning April 16.

Incorporating the newly trendy Japanese motifs, aesthetic principles and techniques into their own art spawned a phenomenon — known by the French term “Japonisme” — and the results make for a fascinating look at cultural cross-pollination.

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“Japonisme in American Graphic Art, 1880-1920,” is on exhibit April 16 through Aug. 3 in the Luce Visible Storage Study Center in the Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights). Admission is $8. For information, call (718) 638-5000 or visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.

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