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When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow - Grant Wood and Christian Petersen Murals
by DeLong, Lea Rosson
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Clamshell Box
- ISBN 10
- 1888223782
- ISBN 13
- 9781888223781
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
Ames, Iowa: Iowa State Univ, 2006. Book. Illus. by Profuse in b/w and Color. Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. A fine celebration of the murals and sculptures of two artists at Iowa State University in the 1930s. This copy is a unique, artistic binding in yellow morocco leather, with a hill in lime morocco on the front and sweeping fields across both boards and the spine in browns, greens and terra cotta until they meet a blue sky on the far horizon at the edge of the back board. Inside, as new. Pages xlii, 398. Signed by the binder, as well as the author. Protected in a brown cloth box, as new, with leather title label that extends onto the front of the box with fields that hint of the book within the box. A very special artistic creation..
Synopsis
This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition "When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow: Grant Wood and Christen Petersen Murals" at the Bunnier Art Museum ... 13 Sept. - 27 Nov. 2006, p. [v]. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007743
- Title
- When Tillage Begins, Other Arts Follow - Grant Wood and Christian Petersen Murals
- Author
- DeLong, Lea Rosson
- Illustrator
- Profuse in b/w and Color
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Clamshell Box
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1888223782
- ISBN 13
- 9781888223781
- Publisher
- Iowa State Univ
- Place of Publication
- Ames, Iowa
- Date Published
- 2006
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Iowa, Grant Wood, Christian Petersen, Art, Sculpture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Books on Books;
Terms of Sale
Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont
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