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Solitary raven : the selected writings of Bill Reid / with an afterword by Martine Reid ; edited with an introduction by Robert Bringhurst.
"In this book are thirty pieces of Reid's writing, spanning forty years of active life. The contents include his lyrical masterpiece "Out of Silence," his early accounts of expeditions to salvage precious artworks from empty Haida villages, a lecture demonstration on the grammar of classical Haida painting and sculpture, revealing accounts of his own development, his playful "Killer Whale Poem," meditations on the masterworks of his predecessors, and passionate statements from his late years on art and social issues."--Jacket.
Record details
- ISBN: 029598080X
- ISBN: 9780295980805
- ISBN: 1550547976
- ISBN: 9781550547979
- Physical Description: 250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre ; ©2000.
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-250).
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Journey to Tanu (1954) -- People of the potlatch (1956) -- Art of the British Columbia indian (1958) -- Totem (1963) -- The art: an appreciation (1967) -- Out of the silence (1971) -- Curriculum Vitae I (1974) -- Myth of the land bridge (1975) -- Pieces of stone (1975) -- Wilson Duff (1976) -- Eighteen sixty-two (1978?) -- Classical artist on the northwest coast (1979) -- Haida means human being (1979) -- Bill Koochin (1980) -- The enchanted forest (1980) -- Master of the black field (1980?) -- This much we can understand (1981) -- New northwest coast art (1981) -- Components of the formline (1982?) -- The legacy (1982) -- Beasts, monsters, and humans (1982) -- Curriculum Vitae 2 (1983) -- Killer whale poem (1983) -- Anthropologist and the article (1983) -- These shining islands (1984) -- Becoming haida (1986) -- Joy is a well-made object (1988) -- Raw material of chaos (1989) -- Goldsmith's art (1991) -- Spirit of haida gwaii (1991).
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lummi Library | E 99 .H2 R45 2000 | 255433 | Stacks | Available | - |