Author: STEWART, HILARY
Title: Robert Davidson: Haida Printmaker
Description: Vancouver BC: Douglas & Mcintyre, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0888942427. Signed by Illustrator; Light general wear, a couple of short closed tears to front panel of dustjacket ; Inscribed by Davidson on the front free end paper. A bright, solid book, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. Laid in is a information sheet about native artist, Roy Henry Vickers ; Oblong Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 117 pages; Robert Davidson was raised in the village of Masset on Haida Gwai and as a young man showed a talent for carving argillite poles and graduated into the large wood poles and other decorative wood items. As he got older he branched into doing prints linked to his peoples' Haida mythology. His talent came naturally, being the grandson of Charles Edenshaw who started him carving. An apprenticeship with Bill Reid honed his skills.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0888942427 Haida Gwai Queen Charlotte Islands pole carving argillite Signed Haida Masset ARTS Native Studies


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