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Overlook Books, 1996. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Slight bumping to the corners, else a clean copy, tight spine; previous owner's gift inscription to title page. 160pp.
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Byzantine Butterflies: The Folk Paintings of Peter Contis and Helen Contis; Greek Immigrants to America Paperback - 1996
by David Lewis; Peter Contis; Helen Contis
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- Title Byzantine Butterflies: The Folk Paintings of Peter Contis and Helen Contis; Greek Immigrants to America
- Author David Lewis; Peter Contis; Helen Contis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st US Ed.
- Pages 160
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Overlook Books, Woodstock NY
- Date February 1, 1996
- ISBN 9780879516307 / 0879516305
- Weight 1.76 lbs (0.80 kg)
- Dimensions 9.77 x 9.76 x 0.5 in (24.82 x 24.79 x 1.27 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Primitivism in art - United States, Contis, Peter - Themes, motives
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 95010591
- Dewey Decimal Code 759.13
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Overlook Books, 1996. First Edition. paperback. Lewis, David; Contis, Peter; Contis, Helen; Armstrong, Richard [Foreword] : Byzantine Butterflies: The Folk Paintings of Peter Contis and Helen Contis, Greek Immigrants to America. Woodstock (NY) : Overlook Press, 1995. First edition/printing. Size is (approximately) octavo (8vo), 9.75"/24.8cm h, square. Bound in publisher's glossy color pictorial wrappers. 160 numbered pp. B&w photos/illus, color plates, travelog, sources. Condition notes: moderate wear to cover, corners beginning to curl, a hint of foxing to top edge; gift inscription to title page, discreetly. A wondrous book, extremely well organized, with obvious love by the author for the artists, their communities and families. And a Greek folk art rendering of Hagia Sophia! We personally inspect every book we offer.
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Woodstock NY: Overlook Press, 1996 Book. Illus. by Peter And Helen Contis. Near Fine. Soft cover. 1st US Ed... In 1910, Peter Contis had arrived in Pittsburgh as a penniless Greek immigrant. He began as a dishwasher, but within a year had opened his first restaurant. He put down roots in the new culture yet still preserved vitally important elements of the old. In this way, when eventually he retired and took up brushes, he was able to find a fresh vision of his city that drew as much on acute remembrance of his homeland as on familiarity with the urban landscape amid which he had served generations of diners and brought up his family. Soon after his death, Peter's wife Helen came across one of his paintings, unfinished. Spurred on by a granddaughter, Helen picked up brushes and proceeded to paint other pictures too. This remarkable story is eloquently told by an author who was able to visit the villages in the Peloponnese and to discover many of the springs of the artists' imagination. His…
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