Long lost in the shadows of art history, though beloved both with a wink and with whole heart by millions, black velvet paintings are one of the more popular and enduring art mediums in the world. "Black Velvet Masterpieces" celebrates the best/worst of this amazing artform, drawing from the unique collection of the only musuem of its kind in the world, the Velveteria Museum of black velvet paintings in Portland, Oregon, home to more than 1,200 pieces. The book will feature some 200 paintings, an interesting (and ...
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Long lost in the shadows of art history, though beloved both with a wink and with whole heart by millions, black velvet paintings are one of the more popular and enduring art mediums in the world. "Black Velvet Masterpieces" celebrates the best/worst of this amazing artform, drawing from the unique collection of the only musuem of its kind in the world, the Velveteria Museum of black velvet paintings in Portland, Oregon, home to more than 1,200 pieces. The book will feature some 200 paintings, an interesting (and groundbreaking!) short history of black velvet painting, the story of the authors meeting and opening the Velveteria and their adventures buying velvet paintings on the road, a short primer on how to paint on black velvet, and then chapters divided galleries of paintings.
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Very Good. Published Without Dust Jacket. 1st Printing. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp. 192. 192 pp. Tightly bound. Tips of two corners on back board lightly dinged. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Published without dust jacket. First Edition / First Printing. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. This copy is smyth sewn. Smyth sewing is a method of bookbinding where groups of folded pages (referred to as signatures) are stitched together using binder thread. Each folded signature is sewn together individually with multiple stitches and then joined with other signatures to create the complete book block. This is the traditional and best method of bookbinding.
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Like New. Remainder mark, o/w fine. Cloth 8vo. More than 275 reproductions from the Museum, home to a rotating collection of more than 1, 200 crying Elvises, troubling clowns, naked ladies, dogs playing poker, celebrity portraits, religious icons, tropical visions, military keepsakes, black light psych-outs, and the just plain weird. The longest chapter is on Polynesian images. 192pp. Color photos. 1st edition. ** > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Hardcover |
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Very good. Open Books is a nonprofit social venture that provides literacy experiences for thousands of readers each year through inspiring programs and creative capitalization of books.
