Frijoles Canyon Pictographs by Baumann, Gustave - 1980

Los Angeles, CA: William & Victoria Dailey. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1980. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Yellow boards covered with black wood block print. Pastedown label on cover and spine. Boards are clean with slight wear at edges of spine. Boards are slightly bowed, but binding is square and tight. Very light soiling to top edge of text block, but interior is clean. Cream dust jacket with light brown wood block print. Very light soiling to rear edges of dust jacket. Hand-printed by Patrick Reagh from Gustave Baumann's original blocks in an edition of 250, this volume is numbered 48. This edition from William & Victoria Dailey is a gorgeously designed reprint of the very rare 1939 original. The green decorative endpapers feature Gustave Baumann woodcuts not used in the original publication; they are seen here for the first time. German-born Gustave Baumann was an influential American printmaker and key figure in the color woodcut revival. This series of prints, based upon pictographs found in Frijoles Canyon (within Bandolier National Monument) , illustrate the deep love and respect that Baumann felt for the Southwest. They clearly represent the pictographs, while still showing Baumann's hand. Primarily single-color, there are three tri-color prints included, including a monumental four-page fold-out image. The prints and images are further contextualized by lyrical essays from both Baumann and preeminent archaeologist Alfred Vincent Kidder. ; Book; Wood block print; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 22 pp .