Heart of Maynard Dixon by Clark, Philip Hone - 2001: Conversations with Herald R. Clark and other related correspondence, 1937-1946

Provo, UT: Excel Graphics, 2001. First. Hardcover. Fine/Very good. The Heart of Maynard Dixon: Conversations with Herald R. Clark and other related correspondence, 1937-1946, Philip Hone Clark, Excel Graphics, Provo, UT, 2001, 189 pp., 14pp. Appendix, 11¼ x 8⅞ inches.

Black boards with gilt titling to spine and gilt signatures on cover board, first edition, fine condition. Dust jacket with light shelf wear, one inch tear on back cover, very good condition.

"Maynard Dixon was an American artist known for his paintings, and his body of work focused on the American West. He is considered one of the finest artists having dedicated most of his art on the U.S. Southwestern cultures and landscapes at the end of the 19th-century and the first half of the 20th-century (Wikipedia). This book contains a large volume of communications between Maynard Dixon and Herald R. Clark extending from 1937through 1945, with other related correspondence and documents through 1946. "Many of the letters are about collecting art, the major revelation being the details surrounding Herald R. Clark's astounding acquisition of 85 works of Maynard Dixon for Brigham Young University.".