HOLDING GROUND The ART OF GARY ERNEST SMITH - Hagerty (1st Ed) SIGNED & NUMBERED

Description: The title of the book is: HOLDING GROUND - The ART OF GARY ERNEST SMITH.It is written by Donald J. Hagerty. It is a Signed Limited Edition. This is Number 180. It is signed by both Gary Ernest Smith and Donald Hagerty.About This Item: Northland Publishing. 1999. Hard Cover with Faux Leather Slipcase Condition: Very Good. It has 164 pages of text and photographs, and illustrations.This is the original 1999 Hard Cover with Slipcase 1st Impression. 28 x 30.5 cm. Oblong quarto. 164pp. Limited to 350 copies, specially bound and in a slipcase. The book itself is 1/2 faux leather and green cloth, signed by the author and the artist and accompanied by the serigraph print "Long Shadows" of which this is copy #180. Print is in a cardboard casing and housed in the rear pocket of the book. See photos. The figure of a rancher or farmer pausing for a moment's rest, his face obscured by the shade of a wide-brimmed hat, or the rows of plowed earth advancing over a hill: these images capture what is for Gary Ernest Smith the essence of America's foundation. Like the work of regionalists Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, and John Steuart Curry, Smith's paintings and sculpture call for the preservation of American values on a national scale. Widely collected from coast to coast, his work celebrates the relationship between the land and its inhabitants and the strength that is derived from that relationship.Gary Ernest Smith depicts a rural America that is slowly being displaced by urban development, an agrarian way of life that is viewed with increasing nostalgia and the land as a place to "get away." Smith is holding ground, reminding us that the farm is not an incidental part of our history, but an essential element of who we are. In his insightful book, Donald J. Hagerty discusses the artist's life and work while reflecting on the transformation of rural American life through the powerful symbolism in the art of Gary Ernest Smith. See photos for details and the complete Table of Contents. FREE SHIPPING!!!!! The book is a hard cover with Slipcase in very good condition. It has no markings in the text. The binding is good. Hinges are solid. The pages are clean and intact. List of selected valueRev. Alexander P. SchorschAbout this Item: 1917. Soft Cover. Condition: Good. It has appx 50 pages of text and photos.Please see photos for details.The book is a soft cover in good condition. Some of the Questions and Answers have been filled in. The binding is firm, the hinges are solid, the pages are intact. From a Catholic Convent Estate. Pictures featured are the actual book. Additional Information:Free Shipping. Free Delivery Confirmation. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Feedback Given on Day of Purchase. Please look at my other books

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