The first book of paintings - 121 reproductions - by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master, who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five. William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself, he used whatever materials were at hand - glossy enamels (ordinary house paints), large pieces of Masonite, heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously, earning his living as a truck driver ...
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The first book of paintings - 121 reproductions - by a brilliant twentieth-century folk artist: a self-taught master, who began to paint when he was ten years old and won national recognition at the age of eighty-five. William Hawkins was born and raised on a small Kentucky farm. Needing to express himself, he used whatever materials were at hand - glossy enamels (ordinary house paints), large pieces of Masonite, heavy paper or cardboard rescued from trash heaps. He painted continuously, earning his living as a truck driver, among other things. His intense, wondrous, quirky paintings are filled with images - startling and playful - that derive from an unruly but inspired sense of freedom and humor. Here are wild animals - an elephant with a striped tusk and trunk... a stag, wide-eyed and startled, looking out from a masklike face; cityscapes; historical and modern landmark architecture; images made from photographs; a red Ferris wheel; a short humpbacked creature with a cone hat, a beak, and a single, pasted-on eye.
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William Hawkins. Near fine in near fine jacket. Illustrated with 121 reproductions in color. 127 pages. 4to, mustard cloth, d.w. New York: Knopf, 1997. First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper with a touch of edgewear to top of front panel.
Add this copy of William Hawkins: Paintings to cart. $54.32, like new condition, Sold by Wm Burgett Bks & Collectibles rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from San Diego, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1997 by Knopf.
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Fine in very good dust jacket. Hbk 4to 127pp, profusely illustrated in color, dj has small closed tear, otherwise fine, unclipped and now in protective sleeve, overall an excellent clean tight unmarked text as new.
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Like New. Size: 9x1x11; Looks new and unread with tiny wrinkle to top edge of the jacket, rear panel. oversized and overweight. Please email for photos.
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