Description
Stary-Sheets Art Gallery, Gualala, California. Published date: 1987. Paper covers; 24 pp; 14 x 22 cm. First edition. 20 full color plates.
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Condition & notes
In very good condition. Original illustrated paper covers with light creasing to the top corner of the front cover, light bumping to remaining edges and corners, and light overall surface scuffing. Staple bound. Binding tight. Interior pages clean and unmarked. NOT ex-library. No remainder marks. Photographic essay documenting selected sketchbook studies by American artist Phil Paradise, reproduced in their original bindings. Includes an introductory essay by David Stary-Sheets, written in Zihuatanejo, Mexico, dated February 25, 1987. Photography by Cristalen. The illustrated plates depict market scenes, figures, architecture, and daily life observed in Mexico, Haiti, Guatemala, and related regions, emphasizing Paradise's disciplined observational drawing practice and the role of sketching as the foundation for later finished works.