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Published by Last Gasp, San Francisco, California, 1999
ISBN 10: 0867194898ISBN 13: 9780867194890
Seller: Smith Family Bookstore Downtown, Eugene, OR, U.S.A.
Book
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Stated first printing thus. Some light handling to covers, otherwise clean and bright. Binding tight and text clean. Overall very good copy of this title.
Published by Last Gasp Press, San Francisco, 1999
ISBN 10: 0867194898ISBN 13: 9780867194890
Seller: Librairie Bonheur d'occasion (LILA / ILAB), Montréal, QC, Canada
Book
Softcover. Condition: Fine. Quarto. 94 pages. Nice copy.
Published by Huntington Beach Art Center [1999], Huntington Beach [CA], 1999
Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark, Svendborg, Denmark
Condition: Minor rubbing. VG. orig.wrappers Minor rubbing. VG. 21x14cm, 45 pp Catalog of exhibition held at Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, Calif., Feb. 7-Apr. 4, 1999. Contents: Introduction to Edgar Leeteg,the father of black velvet painting / Greg Escalante -- A brief history of velvet painting / Meredith Tromble and John Turner -- Leeteg of Tahiti /Charles Kraft -- Velvet painting gets no respect / Ralph Rugoff.
Published by Last Gasp, San Francisco, 1999
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Square 4to. Pp. 94. Introduction by Martin Denny. Lavishly illustrated with old black and white photography, color reproductions of Leeteg's work, images of ephemera, etc. Bibliography. Bound in illustrated glossy wraps with french fold. Inscribed and dated on the title page. Inscription reads, "To -- + --, Best Regards, [signed] Greg Escalante / 9-04-99 Bumbershoot Debut". Bumbershoot is the annual arts festival in Seattle for which a curated art exhibit is a central feature. The book remains an endearing legacy of Escalante's dedication to outsider art. As for Leeteg, for an untold number of besotted, barstool-perched WWII vets, he provided the dream of South Seas longing. Today, with the patina of age and Lucky Strikes, those paintings are increasingly revered for the role they played in mythologizing Polynesia. Fittingly, the works by an lowbrow artist who despised the art establishment are now admired by those with sympathetic views.