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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
  • Jones, Gail S.
  • Kurutz, Gary F.
  • Clayton, Norman
  • Dedmond, Molly
  • Rötzscher, Klaus-Ullrich S.
  • Book Club of California, issuing body.
  • Classic Letterpress (Firm), printer.
  • Global Interprint, printer.
  • Mohawk Fine Papers, Inc., papermaker.
  • Pettingell Book Bindery, binder.
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
Subject
  • Mora, Jo, 1876-1947
  • Illustrators > California > Biography
  • Authors, American > California > Biography
  • Sculptors > California > Biography
  • Artists > California > Biography
  • Illustrators
  • Authors, American
  • Artists
  • Sculptors
  • West (U.S.) > In art
  • West United States
  • California
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 238
Publication (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
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