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"For over forty years, artist Fritz Scholder has investigated the imagery and concepts of widely diverse subjects: Mystery Women, Native Americans, Vampires, Apparitions, Fallen Angels, Death, and The Millennium. His resulting paintings, sculpture, and works on paper have been exhibited throughout the world. An avid traveller, Scholder acquires new possessions wherever he goes, believing collecting to be 'one of the great thrills of living.' 'Flirting with possessions' is a fascinating account of Fritz Scholder's life as an artist, traveller and collector. David S. Rubin, Curator of 20th Century Art at the Phoenix Art Museum, provides an introduction to Scholder's personal history. The artist shares his thoughts and memories of his travels and the building of his immense collection of artifacts, which includes everything from voodoo dolls and Egyptian mummies to crosses and incunables"--Back cover.
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"A 'box for the new millennium,' '00/01' includes an accordion-bound booklet entitled 'Things to Do' and a series of cards featuring a mix of verse and paintings by the Artist. All of this is housed inside a custom-made red acrylic box. Scholder's paintings, which have been exhibited widely and are part of the permanent collection at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, combine the work of Jackson Pollock and other pop artists with Native American art. Born in 1937, Scholder formed the Institute of American Indian Arts in 1965, hoping to break free from the clichés of traditional Indian artwork designed and marketed mostly for tourists"--Publisher's description.
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"Symbolistic thought is believed to have origins in the late Paleolithic Age. Symbols were part of everyday life. Today, people respond to symbols both consciously and unconsciously on a daily basis. While symbols are usually thought of as images, pictures and signs, they can also include natural and man-made objects, animals and even words. Symbols can play an important role in religion, art, literature, folklore, myth, science and commerce. I have chosen both common and uncommon symbols for this book, and have drawn them using a stick and ink, always aware of the power of simplicity. Anyone can make these marks"--From page [5].
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"My Pretty Pony first appeared in 1988 as a deluxe, limited edition in the Artists and Writers Series of fine press books published by the Library Fellows of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. This trade edition reproduces the original lithographs printed by Derriere L'Etoile Studios, New York, silk screens printed by Pinwheel, New York, and Century Schoolbook typography set by hand by A. Colish, Mount Vernon, New York. Photograph of collapsed horse courtesy of New York Times Pictures"--Colophon.
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Presents fifty color reproductions of paintings by the renowned Native American artist, with an introduction tracing the evolution of Scholder's work.
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Visual Materials
A collection of botanical prints and ephemera created by artist Henry H. Evans, dating from approximately the 1970s to the 1990s. Materials include linocut prints, calendars, catalogs, price lists, order forms, postcards, correspondence, and other ephemera. The collection contains approximately 150 prints, and all are signed, titled, dated, and editioned in pencil by the creator. A complete unbound print of Henry Evans' California Native Wildflowers (1976 to 1984) is included. Also included is a signed copy of Botanical prints: with excerpts from the artist's notebooks (1977). Botanical subjects depicted in the prints often include: poppies, roses, daffodils, daisies, violets, tulips, pomegranates, irises, bamboo, persimmons, camellias, lilies, and other flowers.
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