James Swan, Cha-Tic of the Northwest Coast: Drawings and Watercolors from the Franz & Kathryn Stenzel Collection of Western American Art

New Haven: Yale University, 2003. First edition. Oblong small folio; 160 pages: color illustrations, maps; 25 x 32 cm Fine in fine jacket ; no remainder mark. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780845731475, 0845731475

A beautiful production and a fascinating work. "In November 1852 James Swan moved to the Olympic Peninsula of Washington Territory. Fascinated by the Indian communities he encountered, Swan spent the remainder of his life studying their art, material culture, and history. The author of several books, he became the Smithsonian Institution's principal agent in the Northwest, collecting natural history and ethnographic objects from Gray's Harbor through the Alaskan panhandle."—Publisher. ¶ Contents: Introduction: The Franz and Kathryn Stenzel Collection; James Swan: Chā-tic of the Northwest Coast; Botanical Watercolors; Early Drawings from the Olympic Peninsula; Tattoos; Neah Bay Revisited; The Queen Charlotte Islands; Works by Johnny Kit Elswa; Marine Life; Rough Sketches. ¶ Art, Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Exhibition catalogs, Ilustrated works, Indians in art, Northwest, Pacific In art Exhibitions, Pacific Northwest, Peuples autochtones dans l'art Expositions, Stenzel, Franz, Kathryn M, Stenzel, Exhibitions, Swan, James G., 1818-1900. ¶ Heavy book. Extra postage fees apply for international shipping. Please inquire.