Covering prehistoric to contemporary works of cultures from Siberia to the Bering Strait, "Arctic Spirit" is based on one of the world's most important collections of Inuit art. Organized by major themes -- the land, the animals, the supernatural -- the book showcases sculptures, prints and drawings, and textiles. Highlighting Canadian Inuit works but also including such rarities as ancient Alaskan ivories as well as contemporary Greenlandic "tupilaks, Arctic Spirit" features extensive commentaries, historical background, ...
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Covering prehistoric to contemporary works of cultures from Siberia to the Bering Strait, "Arctic Spirit" is based on one of the world's most important collections of Inuit art. Organized by major themes -- the land, the animals, the supernatural -- the book showcases sculptures, prints and drawings, and textiles. Highlighting Canadian Inuit works but also including such rarities as ancient Alaskan ivories as well as contemporary Greenlandic "tupilaks, Arctic Spirit" features extensive commentaries, historical background, and artist interviews in a multifaceted homage to some unique cultures and their art.
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Very Good. Size: 10x9x1; 2006 Heard Museum (Phoenix, Arizona), 9 1/2 x 11 inches tall paperback in full color pictorial covers, copiously illustrated with mostly color photographs and reproductions of art, xvi, 240 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Otherwise, a very good to near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~SP30~ [3.5P] Covering prehistoric to contemporary works of cultures from Siberia to the Bering Strait, Arctic Spirit is based on one of the world's most important collections of Inuit art. Organized by major themes-the land, the animals, the supernatural-the book showcases sculptures, prints and drawings, and textiles. Highlighting Canadian Inuit works but also including such rarities as ancient Alaskan ivories as well as contemporary Greenlandic tupilaks, Arctic Spirit features extensive commentaries, historical background, and artist interviews in a multifaceted homage to some unique cultures and their art.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. Black cloth boards in dust jacket, quarto, illustrated in color. Book has hint of edgewear, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ has mild rubbing. Exhibition catalog.
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pp. 240. 4to. Bound in black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Slight shelfwear. Dustjacket also showing shelfwear, some nicks and small tears mainly to edges; very good.
