Kansas City: Lowell Press, 1978. First edition. One of 150 numbered and specially bound copies, signed by the artist. Oblong quarto. xv, [1], 128, [2] pp. Illustrated throughout, many in color. Publisher's binding is quite unusual; the top half is marbled boards and the bottom half is red calf, gilt spine and cover lettering, red endpapers, slipcase with gilt facsimile signature. A fine copy.R. Brownell McGrew moved to California with his family when he was a child and enrolled at the Otis Art Institute, studying with Ralph Holmes, Although he preferred portrait painting, he won recognition for landscapes and was so proficient technically that he spent his last year at Otis teaching. He worked as a commercial artist for M.G.M. and Columbia studios and then discovered a love for desert painting. Portrait painting, especially Navajo and Hopi Indians from Arizona and New Mexico, are what he is probably best known for.

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Bookseller: Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 70591
Title: R. Brownell McGrew: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Presented by the Thunderbird Foundation, August 1978.
Author: [MCGREW, R. Brownell]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Lowell Press
Place of Publication: Kansas City
Date Published: 1978

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