
THE ART OF ALEX COLVILLE
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McGraw-Hill Ryerson, Toronto, 1978, 2nd pr. ISBN 0-07-082813-X. Folio soft cover, 231 pages including Appendices, Notes, Catalogue and Index. Very good; light edge and cover wear, faint crease on spine; binding sound. Interior clean and unmarked; reproductions of art work in colour and black & white; ‘Swimming Race’ post card laid in. ‘This richly illustrated book represents the full scope of Colville’s work. There are early canvases; the war art commissioned when he was overseas with the Canadian forces; the highly praised designs of Canada’s Centennial coins issued in 1967, … In all, forty-eight major works are reproduced in full colour, with fifty-six black-and-white illustrations of sketches, drawings, coin designs, paintings, and serigraphs.’ (from rear wrap)