Independents
The Art Book Award 2008
The Editorial Board of The Art Book and the Association of Art Historians have great pleasure in announcing the winner of The Art Book Award 2008. The award went to:Ike Taiga and Tokuyama Gyokuran: Japanese Masters of the Brush
Written by Felice Fischer with Kyoko Kinoshita, with essays by Jonathan Chaves, Sadako Ohki, and Shimatani Hiroyuki.
Published by Philadelphia Museum of Art in association with Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2007
Original translations by Jonathan Chaves, Hans Thomsen, Unno Keisuke, and Martha McClintock
Indexing by Jennifer Vanim
Editorial coordination by Kathleen Krattenmaker
Editing by Joseph Newland, Q.E.D., Beth Huseman, and David Updike
Design of cover and text by Katy Homans
Production by Richard Bonk
Colour separations by Nissha Printing Co. Ltd, Kyoto, Japan
Printed by Nissha Printing Co. Ltd, Kyoto, Japan
The Association of Art Historians and the editorial board of The Art Book congratulate the winners on producing a book that represents the best in art publishing, and hereby acknowledge the contributions and collaboration of the many different people involved in producing and publishing an outstanding illustrated art book.