Padre Kino. Memorial Events in the Life and Times of the Immortal Priest-Colonizer of the Southwest depicted in drawings by DeGrazia. With commentaries on the artist and his work by noted authorities on Southwestern history and Art
by DeGrazia, Ted
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Los Angeles, California: Southwest Museum, 1962 First edition. SIGNED and dated by the artist. Introduction by Carl Schaefer Dentzel, Director of the Southwest Museum. Thin quarto. 55pp. Illustrated throughout with drawings and sketches by DeGrazia; double-page facsimile map. Dark blue stiff wrapper lettered in gilt. Spine faded, else a fine copy. A catalogue for the exhibit at the Southwest Museum of DeGrazia's paintings depicting dramatic episodes in the life of Kino, commemorating the 250th anniversary of Father Kino's death. Sections within the catalogue include Padre Nuestro by DeGrazia; Ted DeGrazia, Master of Fantasy by Thomas Hart Benton; Kino-DeGrazia by Raymond Carlson; DeGrazia the Artist. An Evaluation by Carl Dentzel; and My Friend, Ted DeGrazia by western artist, Ross Santee. Kino's famous map of 1705 is depicted, showing California as a peninsula..
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- Title
- Padre Kino. Memorial Events in the Life and Times of the Immortal Priest-Colonizer of the Southwest depicted in drawings by DeGrazia. With commentaries on the artist and his work by noted authorities on Southwestern history and Art
- Author
- DeGrazia, Ted
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Southwest Museum
- Place of Publication
- Los Angeles, California
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Father Kino, Biography, DeGrazia, Southwest, Art, Museum Catalog
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