An Artist Talks About Color

Published by John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1930

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Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB

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SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To Will H. Hays with the pleasant memory of meetings with him Joseph Cummings Chase 1935 " and a 1/3 page pen-and-ink original drawing of a rooster captioned "'Lo Bill lets crow together". Joseph Cummings Chase (1878-1965), was "the official portrait painter of six presidents, back-stage sketcher of the performing artists, illustrator of children's books and fiction, caricaturist for newspapers and periodicals, lecturer, teacher, and author of nine books." Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Harding's successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Book is Near Fine, top edge lightly soiled, in a Near fine dustj acket, small closed tears at top edge spine and rear panel, and faint stray inmark rear panel.…

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Title
An Artist Talks About Color
Author
Chase, Joseph Cummings
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, New York
Publication year
1930
Condition
Near Fine
Dust jacket
Near Fine
Signed
SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR
Book Type
Book
Binding
Cloth
Edition
First Edition.
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