Gemstone Carvings: Masterworks by Harold Van Pelt by HAROLD VAN PELT - 2010

BOWERS MUSEUM, 2010. paperback. Very Good. 11x9x0. 2010 signed and inscribed first edition, Bowers Museum of Cultural Art (Santa Ana, California), 9 x 12 inches tall paperbound in glossy color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with black-and-white and color photographs of the works (and the artist at work), 94 pp. Very slight rubbing to covers.Nicely inscribed and signed by the artist on the half title page in the year of issue. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked. ~AA~ [2.0P] An exhibition catalog of the carving of Harold Van Pelt. Van, as he is known to his friends, is best known, along with his wife, Erica, as perhaps the finest gem and mineral photographer in the world. Thousands have admired their work. Yet, few realize that Van has been pursuing another art, the art of stone carving, for over 35 years. This exhibition at the Bowers is the first opportunity for the public to see the full, entire body of work assembled in one place. The carvings are made… Read More