Ken Kirkby: A Painter's Quest for Canada Tapa blanda - 2009

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Libros Libertad, 2009. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Libros Libertad, 2009. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Surrey, BC: Libros Libertad, 2009. Paperback. Near Fine. INSCRIPTION FROM GOODY NIOSI on title page; Clean, tight, unmarked; letters "SC" on last page; otherwise as new; Ken Kirkby is a Canadian original. As passionate about life as he is about art, his is an amazing story about a man whose creative should was shaped by the Arctic barrens and who spent much of his life capturing that fierce beauty on canvas. An outspoken champion of conservation, he uses his art both to reflect and preserve the natural beauty of the world. Niosi relates Kirkby's story from his youth in Portugal to his work as an environmentalist.

Surrey: Libros Libertad, 2009. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. pp.10 286, paperback edition

Surrey, BC, Canada: Libros Libertad Publishing Limited, 2009. Paperback. Very Good/No Dj. 8vo. Signed by the Author. pp. 285, b/w photographs, SIGNED by the author on the title page.

U.S.A.: Libros Libertad, 2009. 1st Edition 3rd Printing. Soft cover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Synopsis: When Ken Kirkby unveiled his painting, Isumataq in Parliament on March 28, 1992, he had to make do with a 25-foot model and the first four panels of the painting itself. The original, at 152' long and 12' high would not fit into the building. But even the model brought tears to the eyes of the 301 members of Parliament and senators gathered there. Isumataq is an Inuit word meaning, "An object in the presence of which wisdom might show itself" and refers to the manlike monuments of stone called Inuksuit that the Inuit have erected for generations to serve as travel guides and markers of good hunting and fishing. Kirkby's hope was that the enormous painting he had been working on for ten years would open people's eyes to the beauty of the north and to the plight of the Inuit in that far land. Kirkby describes Isumataq as "the portrait of… Leer más

Surrey, BC: Libros Libertad, 2009. Cover with flaps. About life of Canadian artist Ken Kirkby; 285 pages.. First Edition. Trade Paperback Original. Fine..