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The Art of Private Devotion Retablo Painting of Mexico
by Gloria Fraser Giffords, Yvonne Lange, Virginia Armella de Aspe, Mercedes Meade
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0935937102
- ISBN 13
- 9780935937107
- Seller
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Houston, Texas, United States
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About This Item
The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX, 1991. Book. Near Fine. Wrappers. Inscribed by Author(s). 126 pages. Paperback. Texts in English. [SIGNED] Inscribed by the author to the previous owners on the half title. There are no other internal markings, with minimal shelfwear to the edges. The binding is tight, the spine uncreased. Bound in stiff illustrated paper covers and published on the occasion of the exhibition held in a number of cities in the early 1990s. 83 illustrations, 16 in color. Gloria Fraser Gifford is one of the leading art historians specializing in the art of the retablo. This along with her other monumental book, "Mexican Folk Retablos" from the University of New Mexico Press are two of the most important titles on this subject..
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- Bookseller
- Exquisite Corpse, Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027186
- Title
- The Art of Private Devotion Retablo Painting of Mexico
- Author
- Gloria Fraser Giffords, Yvonne Lange, Virginia Armella de Aspe, Mercedes Meade
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0935937102
- ISBN 13
- 9780935937107
- Publisher
- The Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas TX
- Place of Publication
- Fort Worth, Texas, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1991
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art: Latin American; Art History;
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