ELLIS, ANITA J. & SUSAN LABRY MEYN & GEORGE P. HORSE CAPTURE SR.
Rookwood and the American Indian Masterpieces of American Art Pottery from the James J. Gardner Collection
Athens, OH: Ohio University Press, 2007. First Edition. First Printing; Paperback. ISBN: 0821417401. Exhibition Catalogue Series; B & W and Color & maps; 8 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/4; xv, 294 pages; Soft cover has a brown spine with yellow lettering. Extensively illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This is the exhibition catalogue for the Cincinnati Art Museum, October 20, 2007-January 20, 2008 show. An exhibition catalogue which showcases 52 pieces produced by the Rookwood Pottery Company, many accompanied by black-and-white photographs of the American Indians portrayed by the ceramic artist. It also includes a biography of each artist as well as curators' comments about the Rookwood pottery and the Indian apparel seen in the portraits. 2 appendices: Appendix I. Rookwood artists of Indian portrait decoration; Appendix 2. Photographers of American Indians whose work was used at Rookwood. Index. Maria Longworth Nichols Storer founded Rookwood Pottery is an American ceramics company that was founded in 1880, in Cincinnati, Ohio. Extra heavy; 4#.. As New .

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