Lot 294
JOHN RUSSELL HARPER (CANADIAN, 1914-1983)
Lot 294 Details
JOHN RUSSELL HARPER (CANADIAN, 1914-1983)
THE WEST COAST SPEAKS, A PICTURE BOOK INSPIRED BY INDIAN ART OF THE PACIFIC COAST, TORONTO, 1952
Twenty colour linocuts on japon paper and other coloured paper tipped to the leaves of the book; signed and numbered First Edition, numbered “2” of One Hundred copies” and signed in black pen and ink by J. Russell Harper on the verso of the title page. Published by J. Russell Harper, Toronto, 1952
11.5" x 8.75" — 29.2 x 22.2 cm.
Estimate $200-$300
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John Russell Harper was an eminent Canadian art historian and curator of Canadian art at the National Gallery of Canada from 1965-1968. In the introduction of this book he writes, “This collection of lino-cuts is inspired by native objects in the collections of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology. They are works of several tribes: the Tlingit, Kwakiutl, Haida, Bella Coola, Tsimshian and Salish.”