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TITLE: Elton Bennett, His Life and Art

Images of the Pacific Northwest Full Colour screenprint reproductions

by Archie Satterfield

DESCRIPTION

The life and career of Elton Bennett, who lived in the area of Gray's Harbor WA and bcame renowned, especially after 1959, for his prints depicting Pacific Northwest themes. Text and anecdotes accompany over 100 reproductions of his silkscreens and drawings. Meant as a tribute to a modest artist, this is also the only book witten about him. 20 full page, full colour illustrations are included.

Writing Works, 1980, Hardcover in dustjacket, 2nd Printing

• Price: $95.00 ($CAD)
• Stock ID: BEN180bh

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BIBLIOGRAPHIC DETAILS

• Title: Elton Bennett, His Life and Art
• Credits:

  Elton Bennett (illustrations), Archie Satterfield (author)

• Language: English
• Publisher: The Writing Works, Inc., Mercer Island, Washington
• Publication Date: 1980
• Edition: Second Printing (First Printing 1979)
• ISBN: 0916076288
• Format: Hardcover in dustjacket, Horizontal/Oblong
• Binding: Leatherette, red laminated boards
• Condition:

  Fine - inside pages are clean, unmarked, fresh. Dustjacket (Good) has shelfware on edges and crinkle lower front cover small areas on edges of back cover.

• Dustjacket: Full-color dustjacket with clipped inside corner at front
• Illustrations: Over 100 reproductions of silkscreens and sketches, some b/w, many more in full-color, full-page plus illustrated front and back covers.
• Pages: 122pp, black endpapers
• Dimensions (HxWxD): 9.25 x 12 x .63 inches | 23.5 x 31.5 x 1 cm
• Weight: 2 lb, 9.1 oz | 961 grams

SYNOPSIS

Elton Bennett: His Life and Art
20 full-color, full-page screenprint images of the Pacific Northwest
Front cover: Sea Birds
Back Cover: Faith, Hope and Charity

contents include

Acknowledgments pageiii
An Artist and His Environment, with a B/W photo portrait of the artist page v
Full-page B/W illustration Faith, Hope and Charity – also shown on front of dustjacket
A foreward presenting Elton Bennett, his life and how he works and thinks, with 22 b/w illustrations, often humorous pages 1-26
20 Full page Full Color Plates accompanied by the biography throughout pages 27-90
28 b/w illustrations and accompanying text and anecdotes complete the book pages 91-122

BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION

• Elton Bennett (American, 1911-1974)
• Archie Satterfield (American) - author of over a dozen books, a native of Missouri who came to WA in 1959 and became a fan of Elton Bennet

This book is categorized as shown below. Click on the red links below to see more books and art in these categories.
by Artist: 1900s, American, Bennett, Elton Bennett
by Collection: Activity, Americana, Architectural, Biography, Book, Contemporary, Environment Awareness, Figures & Groups, Fish, Folk Art, Hardcover, Humour, Landscapes, Modern, Pacific Northwest, Shapes, Ships & Boats, Sky, Solitude, Watercraft, Waterscapes

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