WILLIAM SPRATLING aNd the MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE: MAESTROS de PLATA; Signed. *

MORRILL, Penny C.; NEUBERT, George W.

ISBN 10: 0810932482 / ISBN 13: 9780810932487

Published by HARRY N. ABRAMS, * * * * *, 2002

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BO0K: Fine/, $349.12, Reduced From. 0810932482 WILLIAM SPRATLING and the MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE: MAESTROS de PLATA; Signed. MORRILL, Penny C.; NEUBERT, George W. HARRY N. ABRAMS 2OO2 Probably 1st Edition Grey Spine With Title In White Letters, Tall And Wide Soft Cover BooK: Fine/, Almost As New/, 280 Numbered Pages That Were Lightly Read And Are In As New/, Condition, And Are Clean And Tight To The Spine, Slightest Shelf, Edge And Corner Wear. Gift Inscription, Inside Front Cover, As Follows, ?To Irma ? Best Wishes Penny C Morrill?, With A Fine Tipped Black Pen. BooK, Acquired From The Estate Of Norman and Irma Switzer. SYNOPSIS: William Spratling revolutionized silver jewelry design in Mexico. Arriving in Taxco in 1929, by 1940 he had over 100 silversmiths producing his enormously popular silver creations. D/J: None. = Description Applies To This B00K, Only. = This Author Signed Book Has A Special Significance, Is Hard To Find, Will Be Packaged And Shipped = Carefully, In A Padded Mailing Envelope, To Avoid Shipping Damage And Will Make It, An Excellent Addition To Your Own Personal Library Collection, Or As A Gift, For The Discriminating Reader / Collector. = WORLD WIDE SHIPPING, AVAILABLE. =*=* California State Law Now Requires The Following Notice Be Given: *=*=* Seller Did Not See And Was Not Present When This Item Was Signed. No Certificate Of Authenticity Is Included In This Sale/Purchase Price. If You Would Like A Certificate Of Authenticity, You Can Obtain One At Your Own Convenience And Expense, Which Is Not Included In The Purchase Price Of This Item. =*=*.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: WILLIAM SPRATLING aNd the MEXICAN SILVER RENAISSANCE: MAESTROS de PLATA; Signed. *
• Publisher: HARRY N. ABRAMS, * * * * *
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810932482
• ISBN 13: 9780810932487
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: BO0K: Fine/, 2002. HARRY N. ABRAMS.
• Condition: Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

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Synopsis

William Spratling revolutionized silver jewelry design in Mexico. Arriving in Taxco in 1929, by 1940 he had over 100 silversmiths producing his enormously popular silver creations. Important figures of the North American literary and art establishment, among them John dos Passos, William Faulkner, and Georgia O'Keeffe, purchased his designs and sang his praises. Out of Spratling's workshop emerged many of Mexico's finest silver designers, including Héctor Aguilar, Antonio Castillo and his brothers Jorge and Justo, Salvador Terán, and Antonio Pineda. Today their striking jewelry and hollowware in silver-often set with precious stones and pre-Columbian artifacts-are prized collectibles.

This book tells the story of the legendary designer and of seven decades of the silversmith's art in Mexico. With its elegant photographs and an invaluable appendix of hallmarks, this volume-which accompanies a traveling exhibition that will draw new attention to Spratling's silver designs-will appeal to collectors, dealers, scholars, and everyone who enjoys beautiful jewelry.

About the Author

Penny Morrill is an independent curator and authority on Mexican silver. She organized this exhibition for the San Antonio Museum of Art.