An Artist Talks About Color
by Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1930. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR on front end page -"To Will H. Hays with the pleasant memory of meetings with him Joseph Cummings Chase 1935 " and a 1/3 page pen-and-ink original drawing of a rooster captioned "'Lo Bill lets crow together". Joseph Cummings Chase (1878-1965), was "the official portrait painter of six presidents, back-stage sketcher of the performing artists, illustrator of children's books and fiction, caricaturist for newspapers and periodicals, lecturer, teacher, and author of nine books." Will H. Hays managed Warren G. Harding's successful campaign for the Presidency of the U.S. and was subsequently appointed Postmaster General. After a year in that position, he resigned to become most famously known as the first President of Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA), which under his guidance published a blacklist of actors and workers studios should not hire, inserted moral clauses into actors' contracts, and published an informal list of suggested guidelines for film producers. Book is Near Fine, top edge lightly soiled, in a Near fine dustj acket, small closed tears at top edge spine and rear panel, and faint stray inmark rear panel. . SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Presentation Copy.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004261
- Title
- An Artist Talks About Color
- Author
- Chase, Joseph Cummings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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