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Hon-Chew Hee
Sold by Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
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AbeBooks Seller since January 18, 2021
Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketSold by Rare Books Honolulu, Honolulu, HI, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since January 18, 2021
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHon-Chew Hee Studio, Honolulu, 1973, 1st Edition. 73 pages. + bibliography. Signed by the artist: on the first free endpaper, "Aloha Hon-Chew Hee", (in English and Chinese). Also signed on the colophon and with stamped Book Number 00116. Black cloth binding, 9"x 9," gilt titling to front, back and spine in stylized English and Chinese, print affixed to front panel, blind-stamped design to back panel, in a custom Mylar sleeve, black endpaper with white Chinese character to inner pastedown. -- In very good condition, pages have very slightly darkened from age, light spotting on the endpapers. Shelf wear to the Mylar cover. Includes biographical essays from Hee and 30 silkscreen prints in striking full-color. Two facsimile letters to Hee, one from Jackie Kennedy and the other from Carl Zigrosser. Hon-Chew Hee (1906-1993) was a Chinese American watercolorist, muralist, printmaker, who grew up in Hawaii and was working as a printer in the naval yard when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Signage was his way of contributing to the war effort, and he taught himself silkscreen technique by reading books. He was a graduate of San Francisco Art Institute and Columbia University, and he studied under Fernand Leger and Andre L'hote in Paris.
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