The Native Trees of Canada by Shapton, Leanne
The Native Trees of Canada by Shapton, Leanne

The Native Trees of Canada

A new edition of the artist's bold reinterpretation of a century-old book With a foreword by Sheila...
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SKU: 9781770467446
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Author: Leanne Shapton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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The Native Trees of Canada by Shapton, Leanne

The Native Trees of Canada

$42.49
The Native Trees of Canada by Shapton, Leanne

The Native Trees of Canada

$42.49
Author: Leanne Shapton
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A new edition of the artist's bold reinterpretation of a century-old book

With a foreword by Sheila Heti, Leanne Shapton's cult art book inspired by a government textbook is back in print with a gorgeous new cover.

While shopping in the used-book store the Monkey's Paw in Toronto, Leanne Shapton happened upon a 1956 edition of the stalwart reference book The Native Trees of Canada, originally published in 1917 by the Canadian Department of Northern Affairs and National Resources. Most people might simply view the book as a dry cataloging of a banal subject; Shapton, however, saw beauty in the technical details and was inspired to create her own interpretation of The Native Trees of Canada.

Shapton distills each image into its simplest form, using vivid colors in lush ink and house paint. She takes the otherwise complex objects of trees, pinecones, and seeds and strips them down into bold, almost abstract shapes and colors: the water birch is represented as two pulsating red bulbs contrasted against a gray backdrop; the eastern white pine is represented by a close-up of its cone against a radiant summer sky.

The author of Guest Book; Toys Talking; Sunday Night Movies; Swimming Studies; Was She Pretty? and Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry, Shapton puts forth yet another entirely new facet of her creative artistry.

Author: Leanne Shapton
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Published: 09/10/2024
Pages: 104
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781770467446

About the Author
Leanne Shapton is an author, artist, illustrator and publisher based in New York City. She is currently the art editor at The New York Review of Books. She is the co-founder, with photographer Jason Fulford, of J&L Books. Shapton is a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. She grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Shapton is the author of nine books: Toronto; Was She Pretty?; Important Artifacts and Personal Property from the Collection of Lenore Doolan and Harold Morris, Including Books, Street Fashion, and Jewelry; Native Trees of Canada; Sunday Night Movies; Swimming Studies; Guest Book: Ghost Stories; In Cars and Toys Talking, a children's book. Swimming Studies won the 2012 National Book Critic's Circle Award for autobiography, and was long listed for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2012.
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