Leather Bound with silver Indian on cover
355 Pages
1 Etching by Joseph Henry Sharp
175 Color Plates
132 B&W Images
Hand marbled end-papers
Addendum of all known Sharp Paintings
Printed in the USA.
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This leather bound
limited edition book is everything the regular edition is and much, much
more.
This Special edition of Teepee Smoke has a silver Crow Indian by George
Dabich emblazoned on the cover and an etching by Joseph Henry Sharp
bound in. It is housed in a custom slip case with J. H. Sharp's
signature foil stamped on the front, and hand marbled end-papers.
It is limited to 100 Copies.
This book is about Indians, as seen by
an artist who was born sixteen years before
General Custer was killed in the Battle of the Little Big Horn. The
artist, Joseph Henry Sharp, watched and recorded a way of life long
since faded form our view.
He painted 212 portraits of Indians who fought against Custer, and for
60 years, he studied and painted the Pueblo Indians and landscapes of
the Southwest, But most importantly, he left a rich legacy of stories,
photographs and paintings which reveals the American Indian as he was.
Author, Forrest Fenn has revised and enlarged his biography of J. H.
Sharp.
This beautiful book features 206 new images - many of which are recently
discovered paintings. A must for those who collect western art or
history, Indian artifacts and vintage photographs.
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