Product #: 887-B
Price: $49.95
64 pages
Hardbound
4 1/4
Art/Regional
Pub Date: Fall 2000
ISBN: 0-945397-88-7
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25 Years of Poster Art from the Last Great Race Eech of the 25 years of annual posters created for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race is collected in this colorful artbook from artist Jon Van Zyle, along with stories written by Jona Van Zyle about the themes behind each poster -- the care and affection for the dogs, obstacles faced by mushers, the importance of volunteers, the history of the serum run, the role of women, and much more...
SPECIAL OFFER! This is a special COLLECTOR'S EDITION (limited to 1,200 copies). Each book is protected in a handsome fabric slipcase and accompanied by a numbered certificate of authenticity signed by Jon & Jona Van Zyle. In addition, each copy comes with Jon's popular minature print (4 1/4" x 7 5/8), "Firelight Musher." (To see this image, click on titles, then find the title under F.)
-- ABOUT THE ARTIST & AUTHOR: Jon Van Zyle is an internationally recognized artist and official artist of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race from which he derives inspiration for paintings, prints, and posters. The text was written by Jona Van Zyle, Jon's wife and partner, a musher, writer, freelance museum curator and artist.
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