Southwest Indian Drypainting

Santa Fe / Albuquerque: A School of American Research Book / University of New Mexico Press, 1983. First Edition. Octavo (26cm); oatmeal cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and rear cover; dustjacket; [xxiv],[2],3-320pp; colorful photographs, black-and-white photographic halftones, and illustrations throughout. School of American Research Southwest Indian Arts Series. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Dustwrapper, spine-faded, with trivial surface wear; Very Good+. Focuses on origin and symbolism of Navajo drypainting, and explores drypainting of the southwestern tribes the Apaches, Pueblos, and Southern California Indians. [88019].