Sandy Baum

The William Spratling Legacy

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William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of the American Indian. These and origi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7643-3886-1
EAN: 9780764338861
Produktnummer: 11446598
Verlag: Schiffer Publishing
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 168 S.
Masse: H27.9 cm x B21.5 cm 1'150 g
Abbildungen: 294 images
Gewicht: 1150

Über den Autor

Sandy Baum, a freelance photographer and writer, has written other books on Mexican architecture and interior design. He lives in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.