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Collective Willeto : the visionary carvings of a Navajo artist  Cover Image Book Book

Collective Willeto : the visionary carvings of a Navajo artist / contributions by Shonto Begay [and others] ; photography by Bruce Hucko.

Willeto, Charlie, 1897-1964 (Author). Begay, Shonto. (Added Author).

Summary:

Displays the unusual carvings of animal and human figures by the Navajo medicine man turned folk artist, whose work helped move Navajo art to the forefront of American art, accompanied by four appreciations of his life and art by prominent art educators.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0890133964
  • ISBN: 9780890133965
  • ISBN: 0890133972
  • ISBN: 9780890133972
  • Physical Description: viii, 115 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: Santa Fe, N.M. : Museum of New Mexico Press, ©2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 112-114).
Formatted Contents Note:
Preface / John Smither and Stephanie Smither -- Willeto's Tangible Mysteries / Shonto Begay -- Charlie Willeto, 1897-1964: A Recollection / Greg LaChapelle -- An Ordered Universe: The Art of Willeto / Lee Kogan -- Collective Willeto / Walter Hopps -- Afterword / Greg LaChapelle.
Subject: Willeto, Charlie, 1897-1964.
Wood-carving > New Mexico > History > 20th century.
Navajo wood-carving.
Willeto, Charlie, 1897-1964.
Navajo wood-carving.
Wood-carving.
New Mexico.
Genre: Nonfiction.
History.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library NK 9798 .W53 B44 2002 270880 Stacks Available -


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