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Fred A. Myers (Director, Gilcrease Museum) : Thomas Gilcrease and His National Treasure

Thomas GIlcrease Museum Association, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1987

4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. BA1 - A first edition (stated) hardcover book SIGNED by Fred A. Myers with "Gilcrease Museum October 1988 Tulsa OK" written on the half-title page in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket has some wrinkling, chipping and crease on the edges and corners, scattered scratches, rubbing, and scuffing, light tanning and shelf wear. Book cocked, some bumped corners, some scattered light stains on the page edges, light discoloration and shelf wear. Author of Essays - Fred A. Myers, Anne Morand, Daniel M. McPike, Sarah Erwin, Thomas C. Bradshaw. 11.25"x12.25", 144 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. The art that shaped America, art that brings the reader the wonder and excitement of the American story and the artists that have recorded it, is beautifully presented in this new book about Thomas Gilcrease and the fabled Gilcrease collection. Here is the story of a visionary American from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who understood the important artistic heritage of his native land, and of how he collected the major paintings, sculpture, artifacts, rare books and documents that together tell the story of man on the North American continent. In a brilliant new assemblage here is the best of the Gilcrease collection, with eighty-eight of the most important works in museum quality reproductions. Here is the art of George Catlin, Alfred Jacob Miller, Thomas Moran, Frederic Remington, and other artists who followed them. The informative text is by Fred A. Myers, director, and Anne Morand, curator of art, and other members of Gilcrease Museum staff. Those who know this impressive collection will enjoy this new story of the Gilcrease treasures, published in 1987 to commemorate the opening of a major new expansion of Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, home of the Gilcrease collection. This expansion provides a new library, artifact display areas and new galleries for the display of art. Both the expanded museum and this book importantly document the westering spirit that made America. Both are major pleasures for lovers of American history and art.. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Very Good

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