Maynard Dixon: To the Desert Again, circa 2006

Item — disc: 70

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Scope and Contents

One hundred years ago, a solitary figure roamed the desert Southwest seeking to capture the endless sky and towering mesas in paint and poetry. His vision of the West was Matchless. Maynard Dixon survived the great destruction of San Francisco by earthquake and fire, the Great Depression, and the civilizing of the West. He spent over two decades sketching it for popular books and magazines, and then decades more on a question to find and portray it: the "real" West-the vast space, intense silence, and profound spirit of the land and its people. Discover the man and his art. 56 minutes.

Dates

circa 2006

Language of Materials

From the Collection: Materials in English.

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