Goodman, John K. Ross Stefan: An Impressionistic Painter of the Contemporary Southwest.
Item #1121
91 pp.; 4to; blue quarter calf over cloth; gilt stamped cloth slipcase; marbled endpapers; with original watercolor painting signed by Stefan on limitation page; drawings, color illustrations throughout. Np: Northland Press, [1977]. Limited First Edition, No. 86 of 100 copies with the original watercolor, signed. Ross Stefan [1934-1999], a western painter whose work comprised a rich pictorial document on the landscapes, early settlers, and Native Americans of the Southwest. Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his family moved to Tucson, Arizona in 1953, where he began to paint while in his teens. At 21 he was painting full time with a studio and gallery in Tubac, Arizona. Works by Stefan are in the collections of the Phoenix Art Museum, the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo, Colorado, and in many distinguished private collections. Fine condition in like slipcase. |
