Heikka Earle Erik E E (1 results)

Hardcover. First limited edition. Fine leather-bound hardcover with gilt-stamped titling to the front and spine in a Fine matching clothbound slipcase with stamped title to the front and a mounted color plate that wraps around the front to the back; no dj as issued. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. A biographical monograph on the work of Earle Erik Heikka (1910-1941), the American sculptor who designed figurines and statues of the Old West, miners, and horses. Despite committing suicide at age 31, "he created over two hundred pieces of art that today stand as some of the best sculpture of life and work in the American West." The special edition was leather-bound and slipcased and limited to 299 numbered copies. This copy includes the bound-in limitations page but is unnumbered. Text by Vivian A. Paladin; foreword by Thomas C. Brayshaw; preface by Rudolf G. Wunderlich. xv + 126 pages; color and b&w plates + text illustrations throughout; 9.25 x 12.5 inches. List of plates, list of Heikka sculptures, list of Heikka's art in institutions, bibliographic essay. …