Allan Houser: An American Master (Chiricahua Apache, 1914-1994) (inscribed to N. Scott Momaday)
NY: Abrams, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. A nice association copy, inscribed on the half-title page: "To N. Scott Momaday -- with great gratitude for all that you do and will continue to do through your writing. We are so fortunate to know you and honor you -- with many belessing, SWAIA Board and staff." SWAIA is the Southwest Association for Indian Arts, "a global platform dedicated to celebrating and supporting Native artists." From the library of N. Scott Momaday, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for House of the Rising Dawn and a key figure of the literary Native American Renaissance. He received the National Medal of Arts in 2007. Allan Houser is a renown Native American and modernist artist and sculptor, and this is "the first book to assess the artist's entire career, from his earliest student paintings to the soaring monumental sculpture of his late years." Quarto in photographic boards, rich images including 216 plates in full color. A fine copy in near fine jacket with some streaks of rubbing. A great association between important Indigenous artists; while Momaday is best known for his writing, he was also an illustrator and painter. Fine / Near fine. Item #1905
ISBN: 9780810943261
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