Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2000 First edition. Small quarto. [6], 154pp. Drawings, numerous photographs. Notes, bibliography, index. Ochre cloth. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. Spratling's life in Taxco, Mexico (1929-1967) and career as an artist working with silver. Spratling was an artist, architect, writer and collector of Mexican folk art and earlier pre-Columbian artifacts. His friends included William Faulkner, Diego Rivera, Miguel Covarrubias and numerous other writers, artists, and actors. Much of his art work is shown and discussed..

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Bookseller: Argonaut Book Shop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 7611
Title: Silver Gringo. William Spratling and Taxco.
Author: Mark, Joan
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Place of Publication: Albuquerque
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: William Spratling Biography History Taxco Mexico Mexican Silver Smith Smithing Silversmith Metal Worker Art

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