William Spratling Legacy

Name: William Spratling Legacy
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ISBN: 9780764338861

ISBN-10: 0764338862

ISBN-13: 9780764338861

Edition: 2011

Authors: Sandy Baum, Violante, Consuelo Ulrich

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William Spratling was a U.S. educator whose artistic impact caused a successful silver jewelry industry to arise in Taxco, Mexico, in the 1940s. This book examines Spratling's Mexican work and explores how his talent attracted the attention of the U.S. Interior Department. In 1945, he was invited to create a similar program for Alaska, where it was felt that the indigenous people needed to be encouraged for their own artistic expression and economic gain. Thirty never-before-seen Alaskan models, lost for over 50 years, have been found and now are preserved at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian. These and original designs for the project, made in 1949, are…

Book details

List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 11/14/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 168
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 8.60" tall
Weight: 2.486
Language: English