50 Original Pen and Ink Drawings SIDES, Dorothy Smith, [artist]. Original Artwork for "Decorative Art of the Southwest Indians". Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1936. Full Description:
Original Artwork for "Decorative Art of the Southwest Indians"
Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1936.
NATIVE AMERICANA]. Original Artwork for "Decorative Art of the Southwest Indians". Santa Ana, CA: Fine Arts Press, 1936.
Portfolio containing 50 original pen and ink drawings to illustrate Dorothy Smith Sides' book entitled "Decorative Art of the Southwest Indians" published by the Fine Arts Press in 1936. Later in 1961, Dover Press issued a smaller edition, this is why this portfolio contains a smaller version along side the original drawing. The portfolio also mentions Dover 1961 as these originals were probably sent to them before their publication. Each original drawing is paired with an accompanying printed version at 86% scale and and hand-colored. Each paid in numbered 1-50. The original drawings on sheets sized: (14 1/2 x 11 5/16 inches; 369 x 288 mm). Drawings within a hand-drawn border sized: (12 3/8 x 8 1/2 inches; 315 x 217 mm). Drawings with markings and notes in blue pencil and corrections made with white-out. Hand-colored printed copies on sheets sized: (12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches; 318 x 248 mm). Hand-colored printed drawings within a border sized: (10 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches; 266 x 185 mm). Many of the printed copies struck through with red pencil. Verso of the printed copies with the printed plate information which appears in the book. Numerous proof marking and notations throughout. Some mock-ups of text and preliminary pages laid in. Some occasional minor browning to edges but otherwise very good.
All housed within a paper portfolio with number stamps and information cards pasted down with the name of the book and artist. These cards say "Camera Copy" and "Date Received 7/21/61."
"The decorative art of the Indians of the American Southwest has long been recognized as one of the most beautiful art traditions in the primitive world. It demonstrates a technical skill with simple materials, a symbolic richness, and a faculty for creating rich effects by the imaginative use of ornament that are all almost unique. Museums use Pueblo ceramics for display pieces, and modern artists and crafters have turned eagerly to the handwork of prehistoric Indian women for inspiration and working ideas. Mrs. Dorothy Sides, a noted artist and collector, has gathered together and redrawn in black and white nearly 300 examples of the finest authentic Southwestern Indian decoration that she has seen in a lifetime of study. She has not limited her selection to one period or style, however; to make her book as useful as possible, she has selected material ranging from the thirteenth century great geometric art of the Pueblos to the handcrafts carried on by the nomadic and Pueblo peoples of the present. The main emphasis of this volume is on ceramic decoration, and Mrs. Sides includes pieces from the rich archeological sites of Pecos, Sikyatki, the Mimbres, and modern Pueblo pottery from Acoma, Zuni, Cochiti, and the Hopi. She also includes designs and motifs from the basketry of the Apache, Pima, and Papago; beadwork from the Mohave; authentic Zuni masks; Hopi kachina dolls; and sand paintings and blanket designs from the Navajo. This broad coverage of beautiful ornament illustrates many different art styles to fit every situation: geometric designs based upon balanced mirror fields of design, symbolic figures of the thunderbird, and modern stylizations. All is beautiful and imaginative.... (From Dover, the publisher).
HBS 69584.
$4,500.
Price: $4,500.00
Item #69584