2.21.2007

The art of the book in New Mexico.







Printmakers Gustave Baumann, Willard Clark, Richard Miller, Ralph Pearson, Spud Johnson....they are key to the history of graphic arts in Santa Fe. So are later contributors such as Jene Lyon.


Sometimes pictures are worth a thousand words. The following images are from the outstanding book Passions in Print: Private Press Artistry in New Mexico by Pamela S. Smith with Richard Polese. Street scene from Southwest Writer Harvey Fergusson, Press of the Palace of the Governors. Cowboy postcard by Vancil Foster.