catalogue direction by Don Buschlen and Barrie Mowatt. square 4to. pp. 50 (on “arches” style paper with deckled red fore-edges). many b/w illustrations, and colour plates (printed on heavy bonded stock). cloth. dw. bearing presentation inscription to front endpaper: “To Marcia with Best Wishes from Bill Reid & his Pet Whale Spout” (with original free-hand drawing, please see images). Vancouver, Canada: Buschlen Mowatt, Publishing Ltd, 1992.
William Ronald Reid (1920-1998) An internationally recognized Haida artist, Bill Reid is frequently credited with the revival and innovative resurgence of Northwest Coast Indigenous arts in the contemporary world.