Maritime Arts by Wm Gilkerson SIGNED, Limited Ed., 200/261, Near Fine..

Maritime Arts by Wm Gilkerson: Paintings, Drawings, Scrimshaw
ISBN:
0875770614

William Gilkerson and John Swain Carter (Introduction) Salem: The Peabody Museum of Salem, 1981.

Near Fine, SIGNED, Limited Edition, no. 200 of 261 copies, 4to, 11 3/4" x 8 3/4." Light blue cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to front cover and spine. Covers have a few almost imperceptible smudges, else pristine and intact, binding tight, sharp tips. Missing dust jacket. Pages pristine and intact. 76 pp., including illustrations. Replete with illustrations of the artist's work in black-and-white and color. Signed by the artist in blue pen in a margin on the title page. William Gilkerson (1936-2015) was an American author and artist. A catalog published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Peabody Museum of Salem featuring Gilkerson's art. As suggested by the title, Gilkerson specialized in maritime subjects such as ships, sailors, and seascapes. He worked in a variety of media including watercolors, oil painting, drawing, and scrimshaw.