Research Design In Nature / John Gilbert Wilkins 1924 B/w Plates RARE FOLIO BOOK
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Research Design in Nature - Field Museum of Natural History. School of the Art Institute.Chicago.1924-1925. John Gilbert Wilkins.This RARE Portfolio Book is a scarce collection.... with 3 actual original pencil sketches by unknown artistThis Portfolio contains approximately 185 unbound black and white plates / prints, some color printed on one side only. I am not sure how many would be in a complete set . Also discovered between ...pages are 3 original pencil sketches a Bird, skeleton, (back to back on same sheet and what appears to be a wolf head on a separate sheet ( perhaps sketched by one of the featured artist in this portfolio ? ) a rare find . They are located in between pages of artist Leona McGill and Louise Walek and wolf head sketch near Henry Meloy work . Perhaps this portfolio was once owned by one of them ? .... see photosMany of the plates have chips or dogeared corners.Hardcover is rough worn condition , (green cloth with gold titles) portfolio with laces at the edges, one lace missing. The spine is in torn condition. pages are yellow.This Portfolio type book measures around. 10" x12.5" x 2''The plates/ prints are beautifully designed, many with borders and decorative lettering.Some plates give credit to both the researcher and the illustrator. They appear to be the work of several artists, including John Frank, K. Stearns, B. M. Trottnow, P.Yim, Leona McGill, Jean Goodwin, and many many more.
Very attractive natural history illustrations showing animals, patterns from Native American textiles and pottery, skeletons, and more. These beautiful plates show indigenous arts alongside natural history sketches to show how design and patterns considered most beautiful have counterparts in nature (or, to cast a more Colonial light on it, how indigenous arts are basically the same as the patterns of scales on a fish, whereas Civilized society is clever enough to notice that and be separate from it.)
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Very attractive natural history illustrations showing animals, patterns from Native American textiles and pottery, skeletons, and more. These beautiful plates show indigenous arts alongside natural history sketches to show how design and patterns considered most beautiful have counterparts in nature (or, to cast a more Colonial light on it, how indigenous arts are basically the same as the patterns of scales on a fish, whereas Civilized society is clever enough to notice that and be separate from it.)
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