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The life and times of Jo Mora : iconic artist of the American West
- Title
- The life and times of Jo Mora : iconic artist of the American West / by Peter Hiller ; edited by Gail Jones ; afterword by Gary F. Kurutz.
- Author
- Hiller, Peter, 1952-
- Publication
- San Francisco, California : The Book Club of California, 2019.
- Ojai, California : Norman Clayton of Classic Letterpress
- ©2019
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- xxiii, 192 pages : color illustrations, portrait, map; 32 cm.
- Series Statement
- Book Club of California Publication ; number 238
- Uniform Title
- Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 238.
- Alternative Title
- Jo Mora
- Subjects
- Artists
- Sculptors
- Authors, American
- Illustrators
- West (U.S.) > In art
- Typefaces (Type evidence) > Kepler
- Paper evidence (Paper) > Mohawk Superfine
- Biographies
- Art
- California
- West United States
- Mora, Jo, 1876-1947
- Artists > California > Biography
- Sculptors > California > Biography
- Authors, American > California > Biography
- Illustrators > California > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Art.
- Paper evidence (Paper) – Mohawk Superfine.
- Typefaces (Type evidence) – Kepler.
- Note
- "...produced in two editions. The deluxe edition of 50 copies is quarter bound in leather, enclosed in a slipcase, numbered 1-50, and includes a portfolio containing two cartes: "Evolution of the Cowboy" (1933) and "The State of California" (1945). The regular edition of 295 copies is quarter bound, enclosed in a slipcase, and numbered 51-325, with twenty copies hors de commerce lettered A to T. The paper for both editions is Mohawk Superfine. The type is Adobe Kepler. Design and letterpress printing performed by Norman Clayton of Classic Letterpress in Ojai, California, in collaboration with Molly Dedmond. Offset printing managed by Global Interprint in Santa Rosa, California. Hand bound by Klaus Rötzscher of Pettingell Book Bindery in Berkeley, California"--Colophon.
- "Illustration on dedication page [iv] by Joe Mora,1900."--Title page verso.
- Issued in a brown cloth-covered slipcase.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- 1. Growing into the arts -- 2. Wanderlust, vaqueros, and the missions of California -- 3. Off to the Sierra -- 4. Yosemite and the trail to Arizona -- 5. Hopi land: a dream come true -- 6. Settling and working in California -- 7. Training for the Great War -- 8. The lure to the Monterey Peninsula -- 9 Mapping history: the cartes -- 10. Jo Mora as writer and illustrator -- 11. Abounding talent: etchings and dioramas -- 12. The end of the trail: putting away the sculpting tools -- Afterword -- Appendix I: Jo Mora public sculpture and architectural adornments -- Appendix II: Selected Jo Mora exhibitions -- Selected bibliography and sources -- Notes -- Index.
- Call Number
- JQG 21-169
- ISBN
- 9780692053423
- 0692053425
- LCCN
- 2018959642
- OCLC
- 1125968874
- Author
- Hiller, Peter, 1952- author.
- Title
- The life and times of Jo Mora : iconic artist of the American West / by Peter Hiller ; edited by Gail Jones ; afterword by Gary F. Kurutz.
- Publisher
- San Francisco, California : The Book Club of California, 2019.
- Manufacturer
- Ojai, California : Norman Clayton of Classic Letterpress
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Edition
- [Regular edition].
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Book Club of California Publication ; number 238Publication (Book Club of California) ; no. 238.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 181) and index.
- Local Note
- Library has copy number 225, signed by the author, editor, and printer.
- Place of Publication
- United States California San Francisco.
- Added Author
- Jones, Gail S., editor, writer of foreword.Kurutz, Gary F., writer of afterword.Clayton, Norman, book designer, printer.Dedmond, Molly, printer.Rötzscher, Klaus-Ullrich S., binder.Book Club of California, issuing body.Classic Letterpress (Firm), printer.Global Interprint, printer.Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.Pettingell Book Bindery, binder.
- Spine Title
- Jo Mora
- Research Call Number
- JQG 21-169