Description
The signed limited edition of The Art of Tom Lea, compiled by Kathleen G. Hjerter. Includes the laid-in print created for this edition, signed by Tom Lea.
Oblong quarto, xv, [1], 256pp. Full tan leather, title stamped in gilt on spine. Illustrated throughout, with color and black-and-white reproductions of Lea’s paintings, drawings, and murals. Housed in the publisher’s fine matching leather slipcase.
One of 150 signed limited copies, signed by Tom Lea, Kathleen G. Hjerter, and William Weber Johnson on the limitation page.
A substantial retrospective of Lea’s work as a Texas muralist, illustrator, war artist, novelist, and historian, with reproductions of his portraits of J. Frank Dobie and Carl Hertzog, and examples of his collaborations with both men.
