[AKIN] Babbitt, Bruce E. Color and Light: The Southwest Canvases of Louis Akin
Item #0977
76 pp.; 4to; cloth in white d.j.; color reproductions. Flagstaff, AZ: Northland Press, 1973. First Edition, limited to 1750 copies and inscribed by the author. Inscribed, "To Dr. Joseph J. Shebl, Best Wishes, Bruce E. Babbitt." The first comprehensive record of Akin's life and work. It traces his journey from childhood on the Oregon coast to the mecca of all things material, New York. After failing there in commercial art, he accepted an offer from the Santa Fe Railway to come west and paint the Hopi Indians. Subsequently he lived among the Hopis, developed a deep fascination with the Grand Canyon, and spent the rest of his creative days traveling the deserts, mountains and canyons of the Southwest, on foot, horseback or by car. Fine in like jacket. |
