Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Tanner, Clara Lee

Southwest indian painting Clara Lee Tanner; Foreword by Emil W. Haury - Tucson, AZ Arizona Silhouettes University of Arizona Press 1957 - 157 p

Author's preface --
Foreword / by Emil W. Haury --
Acknowledgements --
List of paintings and craft decorations --
Prehistoric decorative art --
Historic decorative art --
A new start --
The Rio Grande --
The Western pueblos --
Navajo and Apache --
When old roots go --
Chapter notes --
Bibliography --
Index.

After reviewing the history of Indian decorative arts, the author presents and evaluates numerous contemporary easel paintings which range in style from naive realism to sophisticated abstraction.

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