Arnold Skolnik (2 results)

Softcover. Condition: VG+. Color pictorial glossy wraps. 128 pp. 93 color plates. Featured are the works of over 60 artists who were drawn to the beauty of California's varied geography. Their landscapes, seascapes, and cityscapes reveal their fascination with the sun, sky and sea and why California is continually so alluring to explorers, tourists, and artists alike. Some of the plates are accompanied by brief writings by prominent authors such as John Muir, Henry Miller, and John Steinbeck. Includes very brief artists' biographies, selected California museums, and a list of illustrations (alphabetical by artist).

Condition: Good. 8vo. 128 pp. Oblong. Very Good+. Soft Cover. Illustrated paper wraps with French folds. Color plates throughout. A collection of more than 90 landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes by 60 American artists. Among the painters are David Hockney and Nicola Wood. Accompanying the paintings are brief selected writings by authors such as Mark Twain and Jack Kerouac which echo the passion of the paintings.From the Collection of the Art Historian Peter Selz. ISBN: 0520212525 9780520212527 0520211847 9780520211841.