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William Spratling Legacy
Sandy Baum
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Description for William Spratling Legacy
Hardcover. Num Pages: 167 pages, 294 images. BIC Classification: AFKG; WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1142.
William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. ... Read more
William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
167
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764338861
SKU
V9780764338861
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About Sandy Baum
Sandy Baum is a professional photographer who has written five books on Mexico. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico.
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