The Art of DAVID BLACKWOOD ( Newfoundland / Canadian Artist / Printmaker / Print Maker )(chapters include: Home in Wesleyville; Bragg's Island; Mummers; Down on the Labrador; The Icefields )

Gough, William (text)(signed twice); David Blackwood ( illustrations / illustrator )

ISBN 10: 0075496801 / ISBN 13: 9780075496809

Published by Toronto, ON / Montreal, PQ: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988, 1st edition, First Printing, Toronto, Ontario / Montreal, Quebec, 1988

About this Item

-----------( 1st Printing of the First Edition ) ---hardcover, a Near Fine example, in a lightly rubbed Very Good/Very Good+ dustjacket, some light edge wear and very small nicks, some sunning to the front panel, jacket is now in a hi-quality mylar protector---this copy has been signed twice by GOUGH on the title page, beside his printed name he has signed his name with a 1993 date, above that he has inscribed the book "For Murray and Zoe It's been wonderful meeting you. Now meet this part of my world Bill", the last word of the inscription is difficult to decipher, unpaginated, 150+ pages, ---Blackwood images throughout, ---"'The Art of David Blackwood' is an experience as direct as a Nor'Easter, powerful as spring. It gathers together, for the first time in print, a retrospective of themajor works of this gifted artist. Through the detail of the particular li ves and places of his native Newfoundland, David Blackwood moves to the universal, to the pivot that creates great art. John de Visser has said, 'The values being portrayed are spiritual. The qualities he shows are of character: strength, warmth, honesty, determination, faith.' In an age of fast-food art, of a world faced with dwindling energy resources and lit by the flicker of TV screens, David Blackwood's images speak of the transcendence of life, of a world where people's actions count, and the smallest of places can grow memories for the rest of the world. VIbrant, vital, and the work of a master artist, 'The Art of David Blackwood' is also the work of a master storyteller, a narrative that has all the power and delight of his native 'New Found Land'. "---, any image directly beside this listing is the actual book and not a generic photo. /// SIGNED TWICE by GOUGH ( NOT SIGNED by BLACKWOOD) ---GUARANTEED to be AVAILABLE/// ---sizes are approximate (generally within 1/8 inch)--- Size: 10.75w x 10.75h Inches.

Seller Inventory # 171085

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Art of DAVID BLACKWOOD ( Newfoundland / Canadian Artist / Printmaker / Print Maker )(chapters include: Home in Wesleyville; Bragg's Island; Mummers; Down on the Labrador; The Icefields )
• Publisher: Toronto, ON / Montreal, PQ: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1988, 1st edition, First Printing, Toronto, Ontario / Montreal, Quebec
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0075496801
• ISBN 13: 9780075496809
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Illustrator: David Blackwood
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+
• Signed: Signed (see description)
• Book Type: Flap Not Clipped
• Seller catalogs:
  • Art