Search Results: Authors starting with C from Original Antique Maps

Details:color lithograph on heavy paperCopyright 1940 San Francisco Bay Exposition CompanyLithographed in the U.S.A. by H.S. Crocker Company, Inc. and Schwabacher - Frey Companycondition: as found, bright colors and paper clean as removed from a frameDescription:What can one say about a Miguel Covarrubias work of art except that it is a riot of color and form. This multi-color lithograph is a pictorial map of the Pacific Ocean region and a work of art using the format of a map to present a view of the world as an organic form united by the ocean. Economic activity and human culture are represented figuratively and with toy like symbols, on land and sea, making even oil derricks appear benign. The ocean itself is alive with life. A burlap sack held aloft by two strong, dark hands presents the bounty of the region and serves as the map cartouche. A watchful sun, capable of generating both the blessings of rainbows and the peril of lightning keeps a watchful eye over the Pacific Ocean and the parade of… Read More