by Joseph Traugott

This handsome, impressive book covers New Mexico art from prehistory to the present. The author Traugott is the curator of 20th century art at the Museum of New Mexico, and this book accompanied the 2012 museum exhibition. The 250+ works of art span a staggering 14,000 years, from the Paleo-Indian Clovis people to through the 20th century greats. Only a museum could mount such an impressive exhibition. Chapters include art of hunters, gatherers, and early agriculturalists, art of ancestral Pueblo villages, art of Spanish entrada to the Mexican Republic , American colonialism in New Mexico, artist fraternities after New Mexico statehood, Roaring Twenties to World War II, mainstreaming New Mexico art, and the changing artistic landscape. Whether buying for a serious art collector or a novice fan of art from Santa Fe and Taos, this book is every inch the serious art history book and a beautiful addition to any library.

Published in 2012 by Museum of New Mexico Press, New Mexico

Edition: First Edition

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

Dust Jacket included. Condition of Dust Jacket: new

Comments: New, pristine, still in shrink wrap.