Passions in Print: Private Press Artistry in New Mexico (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780890134795)

Moving through five historic periods, this book weaves the colorful story of New Mexico's book artists and their dedication to a timeless craft. From the work of nineteenth-century printers to the illustrated books created by Santa Fe and Taos art colonists in the 1920s and 1930s to contemporary printings spawned by creative-edge book artists, t profiles twenty-nine presses and artists including Gustave Baumann, Willard Clark, and Linnea Gentry.

Author: Pamela S. Smith,Polese Richard,Richard Polese
ISBN-10: 0890134790
ISBN-13: 9780890134795
Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press
Language: English
Published: 01/16/2006
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.68lbs
Size: 10.72h x 8.42w x 0.97d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 11/01/2006 pg. 323