Living With American Indian Art: The Hirschfield Collection

Author: Hirschfield, Alan J. with Terry Winchell

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Reference #: 2110

Status: For Sale

List Price: $90.00

Gibbs Smith, Layton, Utah, 2012. An unmarked, Fine First Edition quarto (12”) in Fine dustjacket; red cloth with silver titles. Photography by W. Garth Dowling; Foreword by Gaylord Torrence, Senior Curator of American Indian Art at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. 279 pp.

“One hundred and sixty works of Native American art, most having never before been published or placed on public display, are presented in this stunning volume. Objects created by extraordinary nineteenth-century artis working within the traditions of their own cultures are featured.” Enhanced by full-colour photographs throughout, and with Hirschfield’s personal anecdotes and his vision for the collection. Chapters are organized by type of creation, such as ‘Stories and Symbols”, Fire Bags, Baskets, Shirts, Toys and Clothing and Southwest Arts. Primarily Plains Indian artifacts.