Head, Heart and Hand: Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters - Marie Via - Paperback

This lavishly illustrated catalogue accompanies Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery's exhibition of the same name, the first major assemblage of objects produced at the Roycroft [more]

This lavishly illustrated catalogue accompanies Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery's exhibition of the same name, the first major assemblage of objects produced at the Roycroft community in upstate New York under the leadership of the charismatic Elbert Hubbard. A consummate entrepreneur, Hubbard successfully married capitalism with basic tenets of the Arts and Crafts ideology; the Roycrofters sought to personify the best aspects of the American character in their work, which is strong, spare and often surprisingly refined. Most of the 200 works in the exhibition are pictured, with colour photographs of the personalities and places figuring in the Roycroft's peculiar history bringing the community vividly to life. Essays in the catalogue include a sociological overview anchoring the Roycroft in its turn-of-the-century milieu; an examination of the history of the Roycroft shops; and an exploration of Hubbard's role in the creation of America's consumer culture through his trademark brand of advertising and promotion.[less]

4to-over 9"-12" Tall. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Printed wraps. Sewn binding. 168pp. This lavishly illustrated catalogue accompanied Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery's 199 [more]

4to-over 9"-12" Tall. A clean, tight, unmarked copy. Printed wraps. Sewn binding. 168pp. This lavishly illustrated catalogue accompanied Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery's 1994 exhibition of the same name, the first major assemblage of objects produced at the Roycroft community in upstate New York under the leadership of the charismatic Elbert Hubbard. Most of the 200 works in the exhibition are pictured, with colour photographs of the personalities and places figuring in the Roycroft's peculiar history bringing the community vividly to life. Essays in the catalogue include a sociological overview anchoring the Roycroft in its turn-of-the-century milieu; an examination of the history of the Roycroft shops; and an exploration of Hubbard's role in the creation of America's consumer culture through his trademark brand of advertising and promotion.[less]

Quarto, color illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 168pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with vivid full color and black and white photographs of every aspect of this semi- [more]

Quarto, color illustrated stiff wraps (paperback). 168pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with vivid full color and black and white photographs of every aspect of this semi-utopian community of American arts and crafts; the extended family of Elbert Hubbard and the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York. Beautiful color photography of the beautifully and distinctive handworks of the Roycrofters in fine press books, lamps, copper, pottery, furniture etc. Also many great black and white photographs of Roycrofter ephemera and personalities; Hubbard his wife and the Roycrofters and their community. A fantastic resource for collectors of Roycrofter books and objets. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright, stiff, square, crisp, sharp, sparkling volume with a flat uncreased spine. Small dozen word gift inscription at top corner of ffep, else fine. Near Fine.[less]