This eye-appealing book presents a sweeping survey of much sought after designs from Finnish and Swedish glass-making communities throughout the twentieth century. Glass forms from Orrefors, Iittala, Johansfors, Kosta, Nuutajarvi, and others are covered. Over 330 vibrant color photographs bring the beauty of these highly collectible artware bowls, sculptures, stemwares, vases, and more to life. The text includes histories of the glass factories and celebrated artisans who worked there (from Aino Aalto to Sven Palmqvist), a detailed bibliography, an index, and current market values in the captions. This beautiful reference will be treasured by all who enjoy glassware design.

by William L. Geary.
ISBN: 0764317091
Location: USA

The Nash Notebooks Including Tiffany Favrile Glass

Everyone knows the beauty and value of Tiffany glass lamps, vases and windows. But few know that the masterful pieces fron the Tiffany Studios would not have been possible without Arthur Nash, developer of the now-priceless Favrile glass, and his son Leslie, director of the Studio's division of glassmaking, pottery and enamel. Leslie's memoirs, along with notes and references, tell the unfiltered and refreshing story of the Studio's heyday, and substantially expand our knowledge, and his photos comprise the largest collection of here-to-fore unseen images of the studio's earliest pieces. This historical find is an event in the decorative arts world and will appeal to both collectors and museums and those who use e-bay and watch "Antiques Road Show."
by Nancy A. McClelland (Editor), Martin Eidelberg, Nancy A. McClelland
ISBN-13: 9780312282653
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Josh Simpson's glass platters, vessels and sculptures are celebrated internationally for their extraordinary, complex beauty. His imaginary landscapes of the seas, skies and heavens are compelling and enigmatic. They are also technical feats without parallel. This book steps inside Simpson's studio and provides an intimate look at the inspirations, experiences and techniques Simpson uses to create his wondrous glass worlds. Readers will witness first-hand the drama of hot glass processes and learn many of the small technical secrets that elevate his art beyond the ordinary. Dazzling photographs of Simpson's work complement this behind-the-scenes glimpse into his creative genius.
by Andrew Chaikin
ISBN-13: 978-1893164093
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The West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd.

Over 190 illustrations from original L.G. Wright Glass Company catalogs display thousands of glassware sold by this New Martinsville, West Virginia, marketing company from c. 1937 to 1999. Among their wide-ranging wares are Early American Pattern Glass goblets, animal covered dishes, Opalescent, Carnival, Cased, Custard, Moon & Star, and Art glass, pressed patterns, and novelties. They were made by many of the best American glass companies, such as Beaumont, Cambridge, Fenton Art Glass, Fostoria, Morgantown Glass, Viking and Westmoreland Glass. The text includes original pattern names, line or piece numbers, and current market values. Glass collectors will want this primary source material to accurately identify their items.
ISBN: 0764318616
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Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), whose name is synonymous with brilliantly colored stained glass, with Art Nouveau and with the Gilded Age, is one of the masters of American decorative arts. His research in the chemistry of glass enabled him to produce the famed Favrile iridescent glassware. He collaborated with the jewelers at Tiffany & Company, his father's renowned store, to create precious objets d'art, and he created unique and lavish architectural projects. This new volume in the Abrams Library of American Art examines Tiffany's life and career, from his beginnings as a painter influenced by the Hudson River School to his spectacular and innovative designs for the homes of America's magnates and luminaries (including Mark Twain's house in Connecticut). Alastair Duncan, a leading authority on Tiffany, presents the artist in context. In an illuminating essay and in commentaries on the artworks, he explores the artist's background and upbringing in the world of upper-class New York society, his decision to become a painter, his fascination with the sinuous natural forms of Art Nouveau, and his relationship with the other leading artists and designers of his era. Tiffany's ecclesiastical and secular windows are examined in depth and pictured in lush color, as are many of his most elaborate and beautiful lampshades, vases, and smaller objects. Important works in private collections, rarely or never before pictured, are reproduced here. Tiffany's achievement was immense and far-reaching. He was the first to propose nonreligious subject matter for church windows, the first to mass-produce finely made glassware and leaded glass for the general public. In many ways Tiffany exemplified the bold, experimental creative style of America in the Gilded Age. With its fine reproduction and detailed commentary, this volume fully reveals Tiffany the artist. It is enhanced by a chronology, selected bibliography, and full index.
by Alastair Duncan, Louis Comfort Tiffany
ISBN-13: 9780810938625
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Selected Objects from the Museum of Modern Glass.

The famous collection of the Museum of Modern Glass in Veste Coburg is of leading importance worldwide. This publication presents the work of 100 glass artists from around the world, providing information on the different stylistic elements of the objects depicted, as well as the materials from which they were created, and the artistic concepts embodied within each piece. Artist biographies and a comprehensive bibliography make this volume an indispensable dictionary of contemporary glass art.
by Clemetine Schack von Wittenau
ISBN-13: 978-3795416195
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World renowned artist Paul Stankard, who pioneered modern flameworking techniques in glass art, insightfully reflects upon his life-long personal challenges with dyslexia and how he overcame these obstacles in his continuing pursuit of knowledge. As one of the eminent glass artists of the 20th and 21st centuries, his is a story that inspires, educates, and encourages us all. He has earned our deepest admiration.

No Green Berries or Leaves is a collection of autobiographical essays by Paul J. Stankard, recognized widely as one of the world s master glass artists. Stankard is particularly renowned and respected for his flameworked floral motifs expressed in crystal paperweights, rectangular columns, and orbs. Paul was trained in scientific glassblowing and worked in industrial scientific glass during most of the 1960s. Challenged by an inner sense of creativity and the need to establish his creative independence, he started making paperweights in the early 1970s. Attracted to the emerging studio glass movement, recognized as a maker of fine paperweights, and driven by an intense and incessant pursuit of excellence, Paul was by the 1980s recognized as a highly accomplished glass artist, a member of the pioneering generation of glass artists in America. As the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual dimensions of his art matured, and as he continued to develop new techniques for expressing his art, he also assumed more prominent influence in the development of educational programs and institutions that celebrated and expanded art in glass. Throughout his life, Paul also wrestled with, and learned how to succeed in spite of, a learning disability dyslexia.
By Paul J. Stankard
ISBN-13: 978-0939923694
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Orrefors has a well-deserved reputation as one of the world's leading twentieth century art glass manufacturers. This new book by Alastair Duncan is the first major study in history of the output of the Oreffors factory will be of great interest to all collectors and connoisseurs of glass. In 1914-15, the first art glass creations, heavily inspired by art nouveau glassware from France and Belgium, were produced at the Orrefors factory in Sweden. Soon realising the need for an identity, the company experimented with techniques and forms of decoration and by the 1920s with the outstanding talented designers Simon Gate and Edward Hald and the excellence of the engravers, the firm was producing individual pieces of the highest quality. At the Exposition Internationale in Paris in 1925, Orrefors glass received international acclaim and was awarded the coveted Grand Prix. New techniques, such as Graal, Ariel, Kraka, Ravenna and Fuga, were developed at Orrefors while engraving, etching and hand-painting on glass continue to reach pinnacles of perfection. A separate section on the most prominent designers includes examples of their work, and a useful list of the marks to be found on the glass assists with dating and with the identification of both engravers and designers. The manufacture of glass and glass-making techniques are also discussed and illustrated.
By Alastair Duncan
ISBN: 1851492240
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Starting with the production of milk bottles and jam jars at a former ironworks in the Swedish province of Smaland, the groundwork was laid for what was to become a world-famous art glassworks of sweeping scope. In the centennial volume Orrefors: A Century of Swedish Glassmaking the tale of Orrefors is told by Dag Widman and Jan Brunius, each taking on half a century of glass art, from 1898 to 1998. Gunnel Holmer describes the craft of the blowing room and shops: the gatherers, gaffers, pots, and tank furnaces.

Four international glass experts approach Orrefors' history from diverse viewpoints. Gillian Naylor shows how Orrefors became a symbol of Modernism and a model for the successful coupling of art and industry in Great Britain. Jonathan Sweet tells a similar tale from Australia. Derek E. Ostergaard has studied how Orrefors was introduced in the U.S. and Helmut Ricke describes how Orrefors developed an artistic approach that inspired the rest of Europe.

Two photographers were given special assignments: Denise Grunstein captures the spirit of the glassworks in her evocative photos and Vince Reichhardt takes an innovative approach to photographing the beauty of glass.
by Orrefors Glasbruk (Corporate Author), Kerstin Wickman (Editor), Dag Widman (Editor)
ISBN-10: 9179881521
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This book is an essential reference for all paperweight collectors. Hundreds of lovely paperweights, dating from 1870 to 1945, and unique items from Bohemia, Silesia, Thuringia, the Bavarian Forest, the "Solling" mountains, and other German areas are beautifully displayed. Pieces from other European areas including Belgium, France, and Scandinavia are vividly placed throughout the book, making it informative and easy to read. Classically designed paperweights from Baccarat, St. Louis, Clichy, English and American glassworks, as well as modern paperweights, are shown and discussed. The book includes 639 color pictures of 720 paperweights with detailed explanations, 131 illustrations of the exterior forms, and three illustrations of production procedures. A glossary, index and a value list of the paperweights shown complete the useful contents.
By Peter Von Brackel
ISBN: 0764310526
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A tradition of creating beautiful Scandinavian art glass began in the 1930s and continues today. The well known companies Orrefors, Kosta, iittala, Nuutajarvi Notsjo, Holmegaard, Riihimaen Lasi, and other less famous firms, have been on the creative edge of glass design for over three quarters of century. This long-awaited book chronicles their work in color and is a companion to the authors' earlier work on colorless, smoky, and engraved glass. This is the first book to cover all the major and many of the minor companies, revealing how each country (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Norway) had its particular color palette and style. With more than 700 full color photos, comprehensive design biographies, company histories, close-ups of labels and signatures, bibliography, index, and price guide, this volume will be indispensible to collectors, dealers, and scholars interested in Scandinavian glass and 20th century design.
By Leslie A. Piina, Lorenzo Vigier
ISBN: 0764324497
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This book and its companion volume are the first in English to survey the entire range of Scandinavian glass companies and designers. Their beautiful glass has spawned one of the hottest collecting fields today. The volumes are divided by color, with the dark tones of Smoke and the clear crystal of Ice included in this book. Each volume has hundreds of color photographs chronicling the creations that arose out of Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway. Together these nations were responsible for producing some of the most extraordinary glass of the 20th century. Here is the high quality designer glass produced by skilled teams of glassmakers working at Orrefors, Kosta, iittala, Nuutajärvi, Riihimaki, Hadeland, Strömbergshyttan, and Johansfors led in technical virtuosity and design innovation. Designers such as Tapio Wirkkala, Timo Sarpaneva, Vicke Lindstrand, Edward Hald, Nanny Still, Erik Höglund, and dozens of others contributed more to 20th-century factory glass production than any group outside of Italy. With detailed captions, signatures and labels, company histories, designer biographies, a comprehensive bibliography, index, and price guide, this book along with its companion volume Fire & Sea will surely become the standard reference on Scandinavian glass and essential for collectors, dealers, researchers, curators, and anyone interested in modern design.
By Leslie Pina, Lorenzo Vigier.
ISBN: 0764316532
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In recent decades, glass sculpture has entered American museum collection in unprecedented numbers. A new phenomenon, this reflects new attitudes: an understanding that art-making occurs in glass as suitable for inclusion in museum collections.

In this lavishly illustrated volume, Martha Drexler Lynn takes the reader on a tour of glass sculpture in American museums. She covers 26 permanent collections across the U.S., including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Cleveland Museum of Art, Detroit Institute of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Her survey of these museums reveals their lively interest in glass as an artistic medium, despite an earlier modernist bias.

Sculpture, Glass, and American Museums will appeal to collectors, museums, critics, and art historians. Covering the work of such artists as Christopher Wilmarth, Howard Ben Tré, Lynda Benglis, and Stanislav Libenský, Lynn paints a portrait of a medium that is rapidly becoming an indispensable component of contemporary museum collections.

This publication was commissioned by the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass.
By Martha Drexler Lynn
ISBN-13: 978-0812238969
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For 100 years Steuben has represented the pinnacle of the American glassmaker's art—internationally acclaimed, a gift of presidents, and treasured possession of collectors. But not everyone who can afford to buy Steuben crystal intuitively appreciates its quality, history, and inherent value. With compelling words and striking images, Steuben Glass: A Legacy of Light and Form reveals Steuben's colorful history, peerless artisanship, and uncompromising standard of quality.In this volume, the images tell the Steuben story: vintage photog-raphs reveal its history; journalistic shots chronicle the painstaking process of designing, forming, finishing, and engraving a piece of Steuben; and gorgeous still-life images commissioned especially for this book display the astounding clarity and sculptural beauty of Steuben's masterworks. Brief introductory texts and extended captions are all seamlessly melded with the images in a modern, sophisticated design that reflects Steuben's forward-looking approach as it launches its second century of making “the world's most perfect crystal.”
Author Bio: Mary Jean Madigan served as editor-in-chief of several magazines including Art & Antiques, Hospitality Design, and Interiors, and has edited or contributed to 19th Century American Furniture, Prints and Photographs, and American Folk and Decorative Art.
ISBN: 0810946459
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In this update of the 1982 edition for Steuben's 100th anniversary, a former New York museum curator who is now a freelance design writer/editor, provides a history of the company since 1903 and an identification guide for most pieces of this prized crystal made since 1933. This edition includes 86 color plates among some 3000 illustrations, the original foreword by an eminent style historian, and the current president's comments on the company's achievements and its future. 10 x 11.75 ".

For 100 years, Steuben glass has represented the epitome of American crystal—internationally acclaimed, a gift of presidents, the treasured possession of generations of collectors. In this lavishly illustrated book, revised and fully updated to celebrate Steuben's centennial, Mary Jean Madigan traces the company's fascinating history and the manufacture of "the most perfect crystal the world has ever known."

Madigan provides an illustrated identification guide to virtually all Steuben pieces made since 1993, from one-of-a-kind museum objects to functional items such as glasses, candlesticks, bowls, and vases.

About the Author:
Mary Jean Madigan was Curator of History and Decorative Arts at The Hudson River Museum prior to a 25-year career as an editor and writer in New York City. She has served as Editor in Chief of Arts & Antiques, Hospitality Design, and Interiors magazines. E. Marie McKee is President and Chief Executive Officer of Steuben.
ISBN-13: 9780810934924
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The new approaches to glassmaking that evolved during the 1960s liberated glassmaking from the factory and placed it in the hands of individual glassmakers. Concentrating on the British context, this book provides an introduction to the work of significant contemporary makers along with the themes and ideas that have shaped their work.
by Graham Mclaren (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-0747805274
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Since the mid-1920s Swedish glass has been synonymous with excellence in design and craftsmanship. It has become the most highly acclaimed product of the Swedish applied arts industries in the international marketplace, virtually unrivaled by glassmakers elsewhere. Through a series of ten essays, this book examines the emergence of Swedish glass against an historical, socioeconomic, and art-historical background. This book also presents a wide selection of 157 works, shown in color, that trace the development of Swedish glass during the interwar years. In addition to the superlative art glass, there are examples of domestic glassware, stemware, scent bottles, light fixtures, and other forms, all of which represent themes and variations that encompass the Swedish response to modernism. The texts that accompany these objects examine the complex technical aspects of glassmaking and the aesthetic possibilities of glass as a medium.

by Derek E. Ostergard, Anne-Marie Ericsson, Marta Holkers, Nina Stritzler-Levine
ISBN-13: 9780300070057
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Louis Comfort Tiffany's blown art glass, made from 1891 to 1928, embodies the artist's superior workmanship and satisfied his dream to introduce objects of both usefulness and beauty into the average household. These lovely objects, which he named "Favrile" and made in his New York studio, display Tiffany's reverence for antique glass and include the colored, gold iridescent, blue iridescent, and opalescent forms featured in this book. Over 240 color photographs of objects from many public and private collections, a very interesting text, and meticulously composed descriptions display Tiffany's intriguing art glass together for the first time in book form. Comments about their rarity accompany the descriptions.
by Moise S. Steeg
ISBN-13: 9780764302077
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Helps you accurately identify the Fenton glass pieces of this relatively easy to find, top draw collectible glass category. Only Fenton reference to include advice on spotting fakes and reproductions - a costly factor plaguing many areas of popular collectibles. Whether you're a novice or an expert Fenton collector, you will discover a wealth of pricing and identification details at your fingertips in this new edition of Warman's Fenton Glass. This book contains 1,000+ color photos - creating a visual feast for any Fenton collector, and at the same time delivers extensive details about company history, the latest in Fenton market trends and up-to-date secondary market pricing. Organized by era and pattern, this guide is second to none in details and ease of use.
By Mark Moran
ISBN-10: 0896895718
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"A historical survey of Murano glass, thanks to one of the largest and most important American private collections. Donna and Neil Weisman's love of Italy and its culture brought them to the lagoon city, where their encounter with the extraordinary material that is glass has not failed to make an impact. Rare glass objects from the latter half of the 19th century illustrate the beginning of the effort to revive art glass production in Murano. Magnificent examples of very rare murrine represent the early 20th century, some of them by Artisti Barovier. The lively 1930s and 1940s are notable for the glass produced by the Barovier factory, followed by the colourful and glowing 1950s and 1960s objects of Dino Martens, Fulvio Bianconi, Archimede Seguso and others. Attractive glass objects from the collaboration between Fucina degli Angeli and artists of international standing, round off this documentary." Superlative photographs, contemporary documents and archive material, several information on glass artists and producers and a comprehensive glossary provide collectors and aficionados of this art with wealth of information.
by Marino Barovier, Carla Sonego
ISBN: 3897902052
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"A journey into the art of fire through more than 250 pieces of art glass from the 20th century Murano glass collection that Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu have assembled over years of study. This book offers the reader an excursion into the history of Venetian glass from 1900 until today: the most significant period of Muranese glass." "The essays in the book are written by Marino Barovier, David Revere McFadden and Suzanne K. Frantz. World class experts in the field of glass and decorative arts, each explains various aspects of Venetian Glass, from its history to a discussion on collectors and collecting to the remarkable relationship between the glassblower and the designer. Renown artists/designers share their personal insights: Alfredo Barbini, Cristiano Bianchin, Laura Diaz de Santillana, Benjamin Moore, Yoichi Ovhira, Tobia Scarpa, Thomas Stearns, Lino Tagliapietra, Massimo Vignelli and Toots Zynsky."
By Marino Barovier, David Revere McFadden, Suzanne K. Frantz
ISBN: 8881582961
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Paolo Venini was not a native Venetian, yet he still managed to work in Venice and ultimately become known as the foremost name in Venetian art glass of this century. This book traces the history of the firm from its modest beginnings to its heyday in the post war years. While much archival material was lost in a disastrous fire, the works speak for themselves in 190 beautiful photographs which do full justice to their vibrant colors and luminosity. The facsimile reprint of the scarce "blue catalogue" of design shapes drawn to scale and dated is of special interest to dealers, museum curators and collectors.

by Franco Deboni
ISBN-13: 9788842215240
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A reference source on the extraordinary production of Venini, considered by many to represent the zenith of glassmaking art in the 20th century. The initial essays illustrate the peculiarity, taste and iconography of Venini production and examine its enormous influence on the art of glassmaking in Europe and the United States. Then comes a complete catalogue of all the production of Vetreria Venini, in 224 entries, starting with activity of founder Paolo from 1921 to 1951, to his son-in-law Ludovico de Santillana, from 1959 to 1986, dividing the catalogue by the designers who collaborated in the realization of the Venini prototypes, including Bianconi, Buzzi, Zecchin and Scarpa. It then offers a facsimile reproduction of the historical Vetreria Venini catalogues, with the "capi serie" and inventory numbers. The appendices include a glossary of technical terms, a chronology of the exhibitions, a biography of Venini, a chronology of the master glassmakers, brief biographies of the designers and a general bibliography. The book demands to be purchased because of the intrinsic beauty of the pieces reproduced (many unknown to the general public) and the richness of the appendices, making the book a must for scholars and especially for antique dealers, merchants and collectors (especially in the United States, where Venini glass is famous and where the most significant private collection exist). The strength of the volume is the completeness of its cataloguing—which also includes the lighting systems—and the reproductions of the three historical catalogues (blue, red andgreen) for identifying and cataloguing the pieces in readers' collections.
The authors, in addition to the editor Anna Venini de Santillana, daughter of Paolo Venini and recognized expert in the glassmaking art, include Helmut Ricke, director the Decorative Arts Museum of Düsseldorf, and Attilia Dorigato, director of the Glass Museum of Murano. 350 illustrations
ISBN: 8881186519
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A perfect reference for the collector with alot of colour photographs. The book tends to concentrate on the later range of glassware from Whitefriars, particularly during the Baxter era. This comes as no surprise since the book was written for the Manchester City Arts Gallery exhibition of Whitefriars glass and there was a great deal of collaboration between the books authors and the late Geoffrey Baxter. The book is quoted as a reference on alot of EBay auctions of Whitefriars glass.
by Lesley Jackson
ISBN-10: 090368540X
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Internationally acclaimed for his compelling work in glass, William Morris approaches the demands of glassblowing and glass sculpting with an experimental eye and an innovative hand. Morris, who lives and works near Seattle, has collaborated with master glassblowers as well as renowned painters and sculptors in making art that is widely admired by artists, sought by collectors, and praised by critics. For him, glass is an endlessly intriguing material -- fragile yet timeless, preserving the spontaneity of the creative moment unlike any other medium. In this strikingly handsome volume of recent work, Morris explores themes related to archaeology, animals, and the hunt. His Crows, Ravens, and Rhytons embody his intellectual interest in myth and ancient history, as well as his keenly intuitive understanding of the natural world. By James Yood (Author), Tina Oldknow (Author), Robert Vinnedge (Photographer), C. W. Guildner (Photographer), Amy Herd (Photographer)
ISBN-13: 978-0789207036
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"Man adorns in both the world we live in and in the spirit we create and leave behind," asserts American glass artist Morris. What the sculptor offers in these pages are mesmerizing reconstructions of the uniquely human inclination to adorn the human body. The colors are intense, the images alive, the artistry so powerful and revealing of the human spirit that the viewer remains transfixed, subdued by the potent spell of this artist's great gift. Few recent works of art have such a captivating effect. The portrayals scan peoples and continents, from Africa and the Americas to Asia and Oceania. Yet a fundamental humanity emerges, and one can only conclude that Morris has journeyed to the very heart of the human experience. The rich color reproductions are stunning in both their clarity and their vivacity. This work joins Yood's William Morris: Animal/Artifact to give us full coverage of this exciting contemporary artist. Recommended for all public and academic libraries. Edward K. Owusu-Ansah, CUNY Coll. of Staten Island Lib., New York.

by Blake Edgar (Author), James Yood (Author), William Morris (Author), Robert Vinnedge (Author)
ISBN-13: 978-0295981840
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