Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West (SIGNED)

Hiller, Peter

Published by Book Club of California, San Francisco, 2019

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SIGNED by Peter Hiller, Gail Jones, and Norman Clayton Large 4to. 192 pp. Color and black & white photographic illustrations. Edited by Gail Jones; Afterword by Gary Kurutz; design and letterpress printing by Norman Clayton; hand-bound by Klaus R�tzscher. Publisher's prospectus with order sheet laid in. Quarter linen spine over brown paper covered boards, photo portrait of Mora mounted on upper board in brown cloth publisher's slipcase. A fine copy, as new. The definitive biography of Joseph Jacinto Mora (1876 1947), a Uruguayan-born American cowboy, photographer, artist, cartoonist, illustrator, painter, muralist, sculptor, and historian who lived with the Hopi and wrote about his experiences in California. He has been called the "Renaissance Man of the West". "An essential addition to any collection of WEstern art and Americana. provides an in-depth portrait of this gifted artist. Author and Mora scholar Peter Hiller interweaves fascinating biographical material with Mora's personal letters, journal entries and other writings - many never before seen by the public - to provide an intimate study of a significant yet often overlooked artist." - Prospectus. First Edition, Limited Copy "E" of the hors de commerce edition, comprising 20 copies lettered A to T.

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Life and Times of Jo Mora, Iconic Artist of the American West (SIGNED)

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