The color of silver : William Spratling, his life and art / Taylor D. Littleton.

The color of silver : William Spratling, his life and art /

"In this illustrated biography of silversmith and graphic artist William Spratling (1900-1967), Taylor D. Littleton reintroduces one of the most fascinating American expatriates of the early twentieth century. Best known for his revolutionary silver designs. Spratling influenced an entire gener...

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Main Author: Littleton, Taylor
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2000.
Series:Southern biography series.
Subjects:
Spratling, William, > 1900-1967.
1900-1999
Silversmiths > Mexico > Taxco de Alarcón > Biography.
Silverwork > Mexico > History > 20th century.
Decoration and ornament > Mexico > Taxco de Alarcón > Art deco.
Decoration and ornament > Art deco.
Silversmiths.
Silverwork.
Mexico.
Mexico > Taxco de Alarcón.
Biography.
History.
Acquisition Notes:Gift of Innis Shoemaker
Table of Contents:
  • Alabama
  • New Orleans, 1922-1925: New Friends, First Publications, and Travels with Faulkner
  • New Orleans, 1926-1928: Antebellum Sketching and "A Mirror of Our Scene"
  • Un Viajero Alucinado: An Enchanted Traveler in Mexico
  • "Passionate Hieroglyphics" and the Move to Taxco
  • Hard Times in the Silver City of the Clouds
  • New Designs from an Old Tradition: Verbal Preludes
  • "A Mexican Style of Our Times"
  • "Tell Them I'll Be There"
  • "Capitalization of a Personal Act"
  • "A Man as Free as the Wind": The Last Years at Taxco-el-Viejo.

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