EMILY CARR by DeSoto, Lewis. Signed. With Introduction by John Ralston Saul - 2008

Toronto: Penguin Canada, 2008. 185 pp, 8" H. One of the "Extraordinary Canadians" series. Signed on the title page: "Lewis DeSoto." **Please note: this book is not illustrated. However, a previous owner has 'grangerized' it by taping in seven coloured reproductions of Carr's works throughout the text.** "Emily Carr defies easy description. Painter, writer, world traveller, adventurer - she was also an original, a rebel, a free spirit, and a visionary mystic. She is one of those unique individuals, those few, who have created and articulated the symbols and images by which Canada knows itself. Lewis DeSoto, himself an award-winning novelist and painter, follows Carr's trajectory from novice art student to a mature and utterly distinctive artist. He argues that her powerful paintings encompass the many aspects of her life: the passionate engagement with the West Coast landscape, her determination to forge a modern Canadian artistic sensibility, her fascination with Indian motifs, and her spirituality. With bold strokes and nuanced shadings, DeSoto's portrait captures the genius of Carr, reminding us of why she mattered then, and why she matters now." Holes from two removed staples on the free front endpaper, small bump at the bottom of the spine. Dust jacket has very minor edge wear/wrinkling at the top/bottom of the spine and flap folds.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good+.