Warren MacKenzie: An American Potter (Signed)
New York: Kodansha International, 1995.
Photographs by Peter Lee. First Paperback Edition.
Presentation inscription signed by the artist on first free endpaper in the year 1996. First Paperback Edition, First Printing. With an afterword by Tatsuzo Shimaoka.
The life and work of American potter Warren MacKenzie, who has drawn inspiration from his mentor Bernard Leach in Cornwall, the mingei movement of postwar Japan, and traditional American crafts. His work represents a successful pioneering effort to establish contemporary craft as a form of expression equal to any of the fine arts.
Item #901312ISBN: 4770019912
9 x 11-7/8”, stiff green printed wrappers with pictorial dust wrapper, 192pp, footnotes, apps., fully illus. with color and black and white photographs and line drawings.
A bit of light wear to edges, light rubbing to price-clipped dust wrapper, 2nd presentation inscription to the same gift recipient by “Penelope,” very good+ in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $75.00