Escape to Reality: The Western World of Maynard Dixon

by Linda Jones Gibbs

Book Overview

In May of 1937, Brigham Young University took possession of 85 paintings and drawings by Maynard Dixon, the groundbreaking artist whose images of the American west--created during long travels and lengthy residences with Native American communities--remain some of the most genuine work in Western Art as a genre. This book, lavishly illustrated with expansive color plates, centers on four texts examining very different topics. Gibbs begins with an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0842524770
• ISBN13: 9780842524773
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Brigham Young University Press
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.5" x 10.5"