The first book of paintings - 121 reproductions - by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master, who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five. William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself, he used whatever materials were at hand - glossy enamels (ordinary house paints), large pieces of Masonite, heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously, earning his living as a truck driver ...
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The first book of paintings - 121 reproductions - by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master, who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five. William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself, he used whatever materials were at hand - glossy enamels (ordinary house paints), large pieces of Masonite, heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously, earning his living as a truck driver, among other things. His intense, wondrous, quirky paintings are filled with images - startling and playful - that derive from an unruly but inspired sense of freedom and humor. Here are wild animals - an elephant with a striped tusk and trunk... a stag, wide-eyed and startled, looking out from a masklike face; cityscapes; historical and modern landmark architecture; images made from photographs; a red Ferris wheel; a short humpbacked creature with a cone hat, a beak, and a single, pasted-on eye.
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William Hawkins. Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated with 121 reproductions in color. 127 pages. 4to, mustard cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper with a touch of edgewear to top of front panel.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 9x1x11; Stated first edition. Full color throughout. Binding is tight, sturdy and square; corners of yellow cloth boards and ends of spine bumped, else very good; black titling remains bright and bold. Some corner/edge-wear, age-toning to jacket. Interior is free of previous owner markings. Ships same or next day from Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota; due to the size/weight of this book extra shipping charges may apply.
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Like New. Size: 9x1x11; Looks new and unread with tiny wrinkle to top edge of the jacket, rear panel. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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As New in As New jacket. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Full mustard cloth with black spine lettering. Very Fine in a very fine dust jacket. Publishers original price intact on front flap ($45.00). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. A tight, clean, unread copy. Quarto, 127 pages, illustrated with 121 full-color reproductions. WILLIAM HAWKINS presents the life and work of the self-taught African American painter from Columbus, Ohio, whose exuberant, large-scale paintings fuse folk art, pop culture, and urban energy. Text by Frank Maresca and Roger Ricco. The definitive monograph on Hawkinss art, published to coincide with a major retrospective.
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