Casa Mañana: The Morrow Collection of Mexican Popular Arts

Description

Editor: Danly, Susan

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 2002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Good to Very Good.  Binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  As new.  Dust Jacket:  Good.  NOT price clipped (no price indicated).  In mylar.  As new.

Notes: Bilingual, English chapter followed by Spanish chapter.   Between 1927 and 1930, Dwight Morrow served as the U.S. Ambassador to Mexico.   Morrow and his wife, Elizabeth, collected hundreds of pieces of both folk and fine Mexican art for their “weekend retreat”, Casa Mañana.  In 1955, the Morrow’s children donated 159 pieces to Amherst College (Morrow’s alma mater).  While not an exhibit catalog, the volume did accompany an exhibition of almost all of the pieces.  Lots of color and black-and-white photos.