MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS Set o 4 POLYNESIAN TIKI ILLUSTRATIONS Herman Melville TYPEE d

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These are Photo Copies - THESE ARE NOT ORIGINAL VINTAGE ART !
These are Photo Copies  - THESE ARE NOT ORIGINAL VINTAGE ART !
This is a set of 4 Color Copy Prints of COVARRIBIAS Illustrations for a Book About Polynesian Adventures in the South Seas.
Art by MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS as a Set of 4 POLYNESIAN TIKI Art ILLUSTRATIONS from Herman Melville's 1935 BOOK titled TYPEE.
These Color Copy Prints were made at IMAGINEERING ART LIBRARY from a Copy of the Book at the IMAGINEERING RESEARCH LIBRARY.
Miguel Covarrubias
, also known as
José Miguel Covarrubias Duclaud
(22 November 1904 — 4 February 1957) was a Mexican
painter
,
caricaturist
,
illustrator
,
ethnologist
and
art historian
. Along with his American colleague
Matthew W. Stirling
, he was the co-discoverer of the
Olmec
civilization
Covarrubias also did illustrations for George Macy, the publisher of The Limited Editions Club, including
Uncle Tom's Cabin
,
Green Mansions
,
Herman Melville
's
Typee
, and
Pearl Buck
's
All Men Are Brothers
.
Heritage Press, the sister organization of The Limited Editions Club, reprinted unsigned editions. In addition he did illustrations for publisher Alfred & Charles Boni's
Frankie and Johnny
for a young writer who would become a good friend and film director named
John Huston
.
Today, these editions are highly sought after by collectors.
He collaborated in Austrian Artist
Wolfgang Paalen
's journal
Dyn
from 1942 to 1944.
Additionally his advertising, painting and illustration work brought him international recognition including gallery shows in Europe, Mexico and the United States as well as awards such as the 1929 National Art Directors' Medal for painting in color for his work on a Steinway & Sons piano advertisement.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
is the first book by American writer
Herman Melville
, published in the early part of 1846, when Melville was 26 years old.
Considered a classic in
travel and adventure literature
, the narrative is based on the author's actual experiences on the island
Nuku Hiva
in the South Pacific
Marquesas Islands
in 1842, supplemented with imaginative reconstruction and research from other books.
The title comes from the valley of
Taipivai
, once known as Taipi.
Typee
was Melville's most popular work during his lifetime; it made him notorious as the "man who lived among the cannibals
Miguel and Rosa married in 1930 and they took an extended honeymoon to
Bali
with the National Art Directors' Medal prize money where they immersed themselves in the local culture, language and customs.
Miguel returned to Southeast Asia (Java, Bali, India, Vietnam) in 1933, as a
Guggenheim Fellow
with Rosa whose photography would become part of Miguel's book,
Island of Bali
.
The book and particularly the marketing for months surrounding its release, contributed to the 1930s Bali craze in New York
EACH PAGE is 8 1/2 X 11
ITEM IN  VERY Good CONDITION.
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