MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE AMERICAN ART – Second Series, Prehistoric Southwest Pottery [SOLD]

In the 1940s, the Laboratory of Anthropology in Santa Fe published several series of silkscreen prints "Masterpieces of Primitive American Art" by Santa Fe artist Louie Ewing.  Each series contained 6 silkscreen prints and each print was placed in a brown paper folder with the title on the front and a description and explanation of the article of the silkscreen print.

The First Series was published in 1942-43 in an edition of 500 copies, exclusively for “Members of the Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico.”  This series is no longer available.

Relative Links:  Prints, Louie Ewing, The First Series, Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe

This posting features five of the six portfolios of silkscreen prints from the Second Series.  All the silkscreen prints are in excellent condition.  The portfolio covers show evidence of their age in that some are soiled and some are separated at the spine.  The portfolio cover and print for number VI is missing.  Each of the silkscreen prints is signed in pencil by the artist.

Provenance: this MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE AMERICAN ART - Second Series is from the collection of a family from Artesia, New Mexico

This Second Series was published in 1944 in an edition of 500 copies, also exclusively for Laboratory members. This Second Series includes the following silkscreen prints (click on any image for a larger view):

I.        A Tularosa Jar →

II.       ← Chihuahua Polychrome Olla

III.      Four-Mile Polychrome Bowl →

IV.       ← A Nazca Jar

V.        A Mimbres Bowl →