Western Art Books
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Marjorie Reed biography by Gary Fillmore

All Aboard! The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed

by Gary Fillmore

 

The definitive book about the woman who "Knew exactly what she wanted to do and did it damned well!" Beautifully illustrated with over four hundred color plates and scores of never before published personal photographs. Reed’s legacy is extensively cataloged from her beginnings as a sixteen year old commercial artist in Los Angeles to the last painting on her easel at the time of her death six decades later.  Included are all one hundred and ten paintings from her Butterfield collection from San Francisco to Tipton, Missouri.

12" x 9", 264 pages, 434 color plates, 35 B&W photos, 65 sketches

Publisher:  Schiffer Books

 

Hardcover with Dust Jacket

Author signed

$80

 

 

 

           
Marjorie Reed The Butterfield Stage Across Arizona

The Butterfield Overland Stage Across Arizona by Marjorie Reed

 

  24 pages including 20 paintings by Marjorie Reed of Butterfield Overland Stage Stations.  This book was one in a series of four featuring paintings of the Butterfield Overland Stage route.

Softcover $45

 

     
Marjorie Reed Butterfield across New Mexico and Texas The Butterfield Overland Stage Through New Mexico and Texas by Marjorie Reed   28 pages including 25 paintings by Marjorie Reed of Butterfield Overland Stage Stations in Texas and New Mexico.

Softcover $45

 

     
Marjorie Reed Butterfield Across Missouri Oklahoma and Arkansas The Butterfield Overland Stage in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Missouri by Marjorie Reed   20 pages including 20 paintings by Marjorie Reed of Butterfield Overland Stage Stations.  Narrative text, vintage photos, and sketches by Marjorie.  

Softcover $45

 

     
The Butterfield Overland Stage in California The Butterfield Overland Stage in California by Marjorie Reed  

This book features the second California Series painted by Reed in the early 1980's. 20 paintings by Marjorie Reed of Butterfield Overland Stage Stations.  Narrative text, vintage photos, and sketches by Marjorie.

 

Softcover $45

 

 
     
The Colorful Butterfield Overland Stage by Marjorie Reed.  Text by Richard Pourade.   This is the first book in the series. The original California Butterfield collection was painted by Reed in 1958. Five editions featuring the collection were published by Best West Publications between 1966 and 1971.  Hardcover and softcover often available in various conditions.  Please inquire for avavailability and pricing.    
     
Marjorie Reed Exhibition Catalog
All Aboard! Marjorie Reed Sale and Exhibition Catalog   Over fifty paintings from the Blue Coyote Gallery's 2009 Marjorie Reed Sale and Exhibition are featured in this catalog. Included are six paintings from the original California Butterfield collection. Essay by Gary Fillmore Size: 11" x 8.5 " Softcover, 38 pages, 55 color plates.  

Softcover $20

 

           
James Swinnerton Desert Horizons
Desert Horizons-Images of James Swinnerton's Southwest  

James Swinnerton's life and work featured in this exhibition catalog for the Greatest Earth on Show at the Phippen Museum, Fall 2009. Essay by Gary Fillmore

Softcover, 50 pages, 40 color plates of Swinnerton's paintings and original cartoon art. 10 never before published B&W photos of Swinnerton.

 

Softcover

$25

 

           

The Cowboy's Dream: The Mythic Life and Art of Lon Megargee by Betsy Fahlman

 

 

currently out of stock

  Biography of Arizona's first cowboy artist, complete with 90 color paintings by Megargee and over 140 B&W photos and line drawings. Signed by Betsy Fahlman

Hardcover $65

 

Softcover $45

 

 

     
Arizona Tryptych by Donna Ashworth   History and fiction are blended in this three-part book about northern Arizona artists.  Part I is a historical novel about a woman artist from New York who travels to Flagstaff in the 1920's to recover from tuberulosis. Part II is a biography of Lillian Wilhelm Smith, who came to northern Arizona from New York in 1915 to paint book covers for Zane Grey.  Part III is a murder mystery involving the great-granddaughters of the artist in Part I set in present day Flagstaff.  

Softcover $30

 

     
     
James Swinnerton: The Artist and his Work by Harold G. Davidson (used)   Complete biography of James Swinnerton, the Dean of Desert Artists and famous cartoonist. Includes over fifty color images of original Swinnerton paintings and cartoons . With dust jacket, in excellent condition.  

Hardcover with dust jacket

$75.00

 

     
The West and Walter Bimson

The West and Walter Bimson  

Forward and text by William E. Steadman, University of Arizona Museum of Art

  Walter Bimson, former chairman of Valley National Bank ammassed a large and prominent collection of Western Art, much of it featuring Arizona based artists. Over 140 images in color and black and white by artists ranging from Albert Bierstadt and Currier and Ives to Frank Tenney Johnson and W. R. Leigh.  

Mint Condition

Still in Shrink wrap

$80

 

     
Kate Cory The Hopi Photographs

Kate Cory-The Hopi Photographs 

  An "extraordinary collection of photographs, never before published" which were taken by Arizona artist Kate Cory, who actually lived at Walpai with Hopi between 1905-1912.  After she left the Hopi closed their ceremonies to outsiders, a practice they have continued since.  

Good Condition

Paperback

$75

 

           
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