New York: Covici Friede. Very Good-. 1937. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. Second printing. Beige cloth boards, age toned, head of spine chip and rip, else sharp cornered. No dust jacket. Book is firm in binding, b&w plate illustrations of section close ups of Rivera's murals, inscription to front free endpage. Bookplate on front paste down page. Murals illustrated are the Stock Exchange mural and the School of Fine Arts mural in San Francisco, MoMa's Exhibition Frescoes, Rockefeller Center's mural, Institute of Fine Arts in Detroit, and the New Workers' School murals in New York. Free of any markings, not ex-library.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 232 pages .

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Bookseller: KULTURAs books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 3338
Title: Portrait of America
Author: Rivera, Diego, with An Explanatory Text by Bertram D. Wolff
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good-
Edition: First Edition; Second Printing
Publisher: Covici Friede
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1937
Keywords: Murals. Diego Rivera. Frida Kahlo. Mexican Muralists. WPA. Detroit. New , Workers School., Rockefeller Riveral Mural, san francisco Diego Rivera mural illustrations.

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