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T-BF1 22 to watch: new art in Austin. Dana Friis-Hansen, Gail Sanders, Erica Shamaly. Austin: Austin Museum of Art, 2002. 54 p. ill.(some color) ISBN 0-96709-524-7
T-BF2 An American collection: works from the Amon Carter Museum. Patricia A. Junker, Will Gillham. New York: Hudson Hills Pr. in assoc. with the Amon Carter Museum, 2001. 287 p. ill. $50 ISBN 1-55595-198-8 (cloth)
T-BF3 The art and architecture of the Texas missions. Jacinto Quirarte. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2002. x, 241 p. ill. (Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture, no. 6) $60 ISBN 0-292-76902-4
T-BF4 Art and artists of Texas. Esse Forrester-O'Brien. Dallas: Tardy Pub. Co., 1935. 408 p. ill.
T-BF4a Art guide Texas: museums, art centers, alternative spaces, and nonprofit galleries. Rebecca S. Cohen. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2004. xi, 464 p. ill. $24.95 ISBN: 0-292-71230-8
T-BF5 Arte Chicano: a comprehensive annotated bibliography of Chicano art, 1965-1981. Shifra M. Goldman, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, ed. Berkeley: Chicano Studies Library Pub. Unit, 1985. viii, 778 p. ill. (Chicano Studies Library pub., no. 11) ISBN 0-685-08355-1 (cloth); ISBN 0-918520-09-6 (paper)
T-BF6 Art for history's sake: the Texas collection of the Witte Museum. Cecilia Steinfeldt; introd. by William H. Goetzmann. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc. for the Witte Museum of the San Antonio Museum Assoc., 1993. xxvi, 298 p. ill. $45 ISBN 0-87611-116-9 (cloth)
T-BF7 Artlies: a Texas art journal. Houston: printed by CSAR, Inc., 1994- . Quarterly. $24/yr. ISSN 1521-1606
T-BF8 Art on the Texas Plains: the story of regional art and the South Plains Art Guild. Elsie Montgomery Wilbanks. Golden anniversary 1st ed. Lubbock: South Plains Art Guild, 1959. 166 p. ill. (b&w)
T-BF9 Black art in Houston: the Texas Southern University experience. John Biggers, Carroll Simms, with John Edward Weems; fore. by Donald Weismann. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1978. 106 p. ill. (80 color, 64 b&w) ISBN 0-89096-046-1
T-BF10 Black history/Black vision: the visionary image in Texas. Lynne Adele. Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 1989. 93 p. ill. (some color), ports. ISBN 0-935213-15-5 (paper); ISBN 0-935213-16-3 (videocassette, 41 min.)
T-BF10a Blanton Museum of Art: American art since 1900. Annette DiMeo Carlozzi, Kelly Baum, ed. Austin: Blanton Museum of Art; dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 2006. 424 p. ill. $40 ISBN 0-9771453-1-X (paper)
T-BF10b Blanton Museum of Art: Guide to the collection. Pref. by Larry R. Faulkner; introd. by Jessie Otto Hite. Austin: Blanton Museum of Art; dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 2006. 256 p. ill. $20 ISBN 0-9771453-2-8 (paoer)
T-BF10c Blanton Museum of Art: Latin American collection. Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro, ed.; pref. by Jessie Otto Hite; introd. by Gabriel Pérez-Barreiro. Austin: Blanton Museum of Art; dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 2006. 430 p. ill. $75 ISBN 0-9771453-0-1 (cloth); $40 ISBN 0-9771453-3-6 (paper)
T-BF11 Catalogue of the collection, 1972. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum of Western Art, 1972. v, 602 p. ill. ISBN 0-88360-000-5
T-BF12 Contemporary art in Texas. Patricia Covo Johnson; fore. by Walter Hopps. Roseville East, New South Wales: Craftsman House in assoc. with G + B Arts Inter., 1995. 240 p. ill. $50 ISBN 976-8097-70-1 (cloth)
T-BF13 The creative arts in Texas: a handbook of biography. Goldie Capers Smith. Dallas: Cokesbury Pr., 1926. 178 p.
T-BF14 Dallas Museum of Art: a guide to the collection. Introd. by Charles Venable. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1997. 303 p. ill. $45 ISBN 0-936227-23-0 (cloth); $24.95 ISBN 0-936227-22-2 (paper)
T-BF15 Dictionary of Texas artists, 1800-1945. Paula L. Grauer, Michael R. Grauer, comp. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1999. xxiii, 240 p. ill. (West Texas A&M Univ. ser., no. 3) $34.95 ISBN 0-89096-861-6 (cloth)
T-BF16 Finders keepers. Essays by Marti Mayo, Bruce C. Webb, Richard Howard; fore. by Marti Mayo. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1997. 224 p. ill. ISBN 0-936080-41-8 (paper)
T-BF17 The first Texas triennial exhibition, 1988. Works selected by Marge Goldwater, David Ross, and Marilyn A. Zeitlin. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, 1988. 64 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-936080-19-1 (paper)
T-BF18 GlassTire: Texas visual art online. URL: http://www.glasstire.com/
T-BF19 Handbook of the collection. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum, Kimbell Art Foundation, 1981. 275 p. ill. (some color) (Kimbell Art Museum pub., v. 4) ISBN 0-91280-404-1 (paper)
T-BF20 A history of Texas artists and sculptors. Frances Battaile Fisk. Facs. repr. of 1928 ed. Austin: Morrison Books, 1986. 228 p. ill., plates, ports.
T-BF21 In pursuit of quality: the Kimbell Art Museum: an illustrated history of the art and architecture. Fore. by Edmund P. Pillsbury; history by Patricia Cummings Loud; introd. to collections by William B. Jordan. Fort Worth: Kimbell Art Museum; dist. by Abrams, 1987. ix, 334 p. ill. ISBN 0-8109-1124-8
T-BF22 Legacy: a history of the Art Museum of South Texas. Essays by Amy Smith Knight, Alan Lessoff, William G. Otton, and Marilyn A. Smith. Corpus Christi: Art Museum of South Texas, 1997. 102 p. ill. $25 ISBN 1-888581-01-8 (paper)
T-BF23 Lone Star regionalism: the Dallas Nine and their circle, 1928-1945. Rick Stewart. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr.; Dallas: Dallas Museum of Art, 1985. 199 p. ill. (some color) ISBN 0-87719-014-3 (cloth); ISBN 0-87719-015-1 (paper)
T-BF24 The Menil Collection: a selection from the Paleolithic to the modern era. Newly updated ed. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. 324 p. ill. ISBN 0-8109-1440-9 (cloth); $32.95 ISBN 0-8109-2330-0 (paper)
T-BF25 Mexican American artists. Jacinto Quirarte. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1973. xxv, 149 p. ill. (John Fielding and Lois Lasater Maher ser., no. 2) ISBN 0-29275-006-4
T-BF26 Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth 110. Michael Auping, general ed.; contributions by Michael Auping, Andrea Karnes, and Mark Thistlethwaite. Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 2002. 328 p. ill. $30 ISBN 0-92986-518-9 (cloth)
T-BF27 The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston: visitor guide. Janet Landay. London: Scala in assoc. with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2000. 543 p. ill. $35 ISBN 1-85759-231-X (cloth); ISBN 0-89090-091-4 (paper)
T-BF28 Out of the ordinary: new art from Texas. Lynn M. Herbert, Paola Morsiani. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, 2000. 112 p. ill. (most color) ISBN 0-936080-60-4
T-BF29 Seventy-five years of art in Dallas: the history of the Dallas Art Association and the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts. Jerry Bywaters. Dallas: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 1978. 68 p. ill.
T-BF30 Spirited journeys: self-taught Texas artists of the Twentieth-Century. Lynne Adele. Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Univ. of Texas at Austin; dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 1997. 207 p. ill. $35 ISBN 0-935213-42-2 (paper)
T-BF31 Texas: 150 works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Alison de Lima Greene. Houston: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; dist. by Harry N. Abrams, 2000. 279 p. ill. $55 ISBN 0-8109-6706-5 (cloth); ISBN 0-89090-095-7 (paper)
T-BF32 The Texas American art trail. Special issue of
American art review, v. XIII, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2001, p. 96-224. ill. (color) ISSN 0092-1327
T-BF33 Texas art: an exhibition selected from the Menil Collection; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Trustees' Collections of the Contemporary Arts Museum. Houston: Menil Collection, 1988. 24 p. ill. (b&w)
T-BF34 Texas Association of Museums. URL: http://www.io.com/~tam/
T-BF35 Texas: between two worlds. Houston: Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, and Rigby Design, Inc., 1993. 82 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-936080-33-7
T-BF36 TCAnet: Texas Cultural & Arts Network, Texas Commission on the Arts. URL: http://www.arts.state.tx.us/
T-BF37 Texas painters, sculptors & graphic artists: a biographical dictionary of artists in Texas before 1942. John Powers, Deborah Powers; fore. by Ron Tyler. Austin: Woodmont Books, 2000. xvi, 606 p. $125 ISBN 0-9669622-0-6 (cloth)
T-BF38 Texas painting and sculpture: the 20th century. Dallas: Brodnax Print. Co., 1971. 96 p. ill.
T-BF38a Texas vision: the Barrett Collection: the art of Texas and Switzerland. Edmund P. Pillsbury, ed.; essays by Richard R. Brettell, Michael Ennis, Bill Komodore, and A. Kate Sheerin. Dallas: Meadows Museum, SMU Pr., 2004. vii, 192 p. ill. $60 ISBN 0-87074-494-1
T-BF39 Abner Cook: master builder on the Texas frontier. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., 1991. xviii, 210 p. ill. $29.95 ISBN 0-87611-102-9 (cloth); $16.95 ISBN 0-87611-101-0 (paper)
T-BF40 Architecture in Texas, 1895-1945. Jay C. Henry. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1993. viii, 364 p. ill. $65 ISBN 0-292-73072-1 (cloth)
T-BF41 The architecture of John F. Staub: Houston and the South. Howard Barnstone, with the assistance of Stephen Fox, Jerome Iowa, David Courtwright; photos by Rick Gardner, Rob Muir; fore. by Vincent Scully. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1979. xiii, 363 p. ill. ISBN 0-292-74012-3
T-BF42 The architecture of the Southwest: Indian, Spanish, American. Trent Elwood Sanford. Repr. of 1950 ed. New York: SAAS, Greenwood Pub. Group Inc., 1970. xii, 312 p. ill., photo., maps. ISBN 0-8371-4012-9
T-BF43 Building the Lone Star: an illustrated guide to historic sites. T. Lindsay Baker. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., c1986, 2000. xxi, 333 p. ill. ISBN 0-89096-289-8 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0-89096-979-5 (paper)
T-BF44 Built in Texas. Francis Edward Abernethy, ed. and photographer; line drawings by Reese Kennedy. Repr. of 1979 ed. Denton: Univ. of North Texas Pr., 2000. ix, 291 p. ill., 276 b&w photos. (Pub. of the Texas Folklore Soc., no. 42) $29.95 ISBN 1-57441-092-X (paper); $29.95 ISBN 0-585-26817-7 (e-book)
T-BF45 Capitols of Texas. Seymour Vaughan Connor, et. al.; pref. by Preston Smith; fore. by Roger N. Conger; original paintings by Clinton Baermann. Waco: Texian Pr., 1970. xi, 172 p. ill., plates (color), maps. ISBN 0-318-41799-5
T-BF46 The capitols of Texas: a visual history. Sara Clark. Austin: Encino Pr., 1975. 114 p. ill. ISBN 0-88426-046-1
T-BF46a Cite: the architecture and design review of Houston. Houston: Rice Design Alliance (Rice University), 1982- . Quarterly. $15/yr. (U.S. and possessions); $30/yr. (foreign) ISSN 8755-0415
T-BF47 The courthouse square in Texas. Robert E. Veselka; Kenneth E. Foote, ed. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2000. xiv, 244 p. ill. (color) (Clifton and Shirley Caldwell Texas heritage ser., no. 2) $50 ISBN 0-292-78735-9 (cloth); $25.95 ISBN 0-292-78736-7 (paper)
T-BF48 The courthouses of Texas: a guide. Mavis Parrott Kelsey, Sr., Donald H. Dyal. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1993. ix, 331 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-89096-546-3 (cloth); $18.95 ISBN 0-89096-547-1 (paper)
T-BF49 Cowtown moderne: art deco architecture of Fort Worth, Texas. Judith Singer Cohen; fore. by David Gebhard. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1988. xviii, 202 p. ill. ISBN 0-89096-313-4
T-BF50 Dallas architecture, 1936-1986. David Dillon; photos by Doug Tomlinson. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1985. 213 p. ill. ISBN 0-932012-56-6
T-BF51 Dugout to deco: building in West Texas, 1880-1930. Elizabeth Skidmore Sasser. Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ. Pr., 1993. xix, 188 p. ill. (most color) $45 ISBN 0-89672-324-0 (cloth); ISBN 0-89672-325-9 (paper)
T-BF52 Early Texas architecture. Gordon Echols. Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 2000. x, 238 p. ill. $34.95 ISBN 0-87565-223-9 (cloth); ISBN 0-87565-220-4 (paper)
T-BF53 Early Texas homes. Dorothy Kendall Bracken, Maurine Whorton Redway. Dallas: Southern Methodist Univ. Pr., 1956. xii, 188 p. ill. (b&w)
T-BF53a Ephemeral city: Cite looks at Houston. Barrie Scardino, William F. Stern, and Bruce C. Webb, eds.; fore. by Peter G. Rowe. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2003. xii, 316 p. ill. $35 ISBN 0-292-70187-X
T-BF54 Galveston architecture guidebook. Ellen Beasley, Stephen Fox; photos by Ellen Beasley. Houston: Rice Univ. Pr.; Galveston: Galveston Historical Foundation, 1996. viii, 275 p. ill. ISBN 0-89263-345-X (cloth); $17.95 ISBN 0-89263-346-8 (paper)
T-BF55 The Galveston that was. Howard Barnstone; photos by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ezra Stoller; fore. by James Johnson Sweeney; afterword by Peter H. Brink. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1999. xiv, 231 p. ill. $49.95 ISBN 0-89096-887-X (cloth)
T-BF56 Geometry in architecture: Texas buildings yesterday and today. Clovis Heimsath; fore. to the original 1968 ed. by Louis I. Kahn. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2002. xix, 158 p. ill. $49.95 ISBN 0-292-73145-0 (cloth)
T-BF57 Ghost towns of Texas. T. Lindsay Baker. Norman, OK: Univ. of Oklahoma Pr., 1986. ix, 196 p. ill., maps. $26.95 ISBN 0-8061-1997-7
T-BF58 Gone from Texas: our lost architectural heritage. Willard Bethurem Robinson. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1981. xix, 296 p. ill. (Centennial ser. of the Assoc. for Former Students, no. 9) ISBN 0-89096-106-9
T-BF59 Hispanic Texas: a historical guide. Helen Simons, Cathryn A. Hoyt, ed. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1992. xviii, 502 p. ill. ISBN 0-292-77662-4
T-BF60 Historic sites of Texas. June Rayfield Welch. Repr. of 1972 ed. Dallas: Yellow Rose Pr., 1985. viii, 196 p. ill. (Vignettes of Texas ser.) ISBN 0-912854-03-0
T-BF61 Houston architectural guide. Stephen Fox. 2nd ed. Houston: American Inst. of Architects/Houston Chapter and Herring Pr., 1999. xxiv, 347 p. ill. $20 ISBN 0-917001-14-1 (paper)
T-BF62 Houston architectural survey, 1980. Prepared by the Southwest Center for Urban Research and the School of Architecture, Rice Univ. s.l.: s.n, [1980?]. 6 v. (including 1981 suppl.) ill.
T-BF63 Houston's forgotten heritage: landscape, houses, interiors, 1824-1914. Dorothy Knox Howe Houghton, Barbara M. Scardino, Sadie Gwin Blackburn, Katherine S. Howe. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1998. xiii, 387 p. 275 b&w ill. $34.95 ISBN 0-89096-851-9 (paper)
T-BF64 If these walls could speak: historic forts of Texas. Robert M. Utley; paintings by J. U. Salvant. Repr. of 1985 ed. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1991. 64 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-292-73865-X (paper)
T-BF65 Landmarks of Texas architecture. Lawrence W. Speck; photos by Richard Payne. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1986. 119 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-292-78074-5
T-BF66 Mexican brick culture in the building of Texas, 1800s-1980s. Scott Cook. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1998. 338 p. ill. $44.95 ISBN 0-89096-792-X (cloth)
T-BF67 Old ranches of the Texas Plains. Paintings and commentary by Mondel Rogers; fore. by Mitchell A. Wilder. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1976. 124 p. ill. (Joe and Betty Moore Texas art ser., no. 1) ISBN 0-89096-019-4
T-BF68 The people's architecture: Texas courthouses, jails, and municipal buildings. Willard Bethurem Robinson. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc. in cooperation with the Center for Studies in Texas History, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1983. xxii, 365 p. ill. ISBN 0-87611-060-X
T-BF69 Philip Johnson & Texas. Frank D. Welch; photos by Paul Hester; fore. by Philip Johnson; drawings by Brian Fitzsimmons, Landry Ray. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 2000. xviii, 298 p. ill. $39.95 ISBN 0-292-79134-8 (cloth)
T-BF70 Ray Miller's Texas forts: a history and guide. Ray Miller. Houston: Cordovan Pr., 1985. xiii, 223 p. ill. ISBN 0-89123-036-X (paper)
T-BF71 Reflections of faith: houses of worship in the Lone Star State. Willard B. Robinson, with the assistance of Jean M. Robinson. Waco: Baylor Univ. Pr., 1994. xx, 268 p. ill. $45 ISBN 0-918954-57-6 (cloth); ISBN 0-585-11000-X (ebook)
T-BF72 Restoring Texas: Raiford Stripling's life and architecture. Michael McCullar; fore. by Frank D. Welch. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1985. xiv, 161 p. ill. (some color) ISBN 0-89096-254-5
T-BF73 The Southwest: a guide to the inns of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. Roberta Homan Gardner, Peter Andrews; photos by George W. Gardner. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1982. 96 p. ill. (color) ISBN 0-03059-179-1 (paper)
T-BF74 A survey of Texas' Carnegie libraries. John D. Sebastian. Lubbock: Texas Tech Univ., 1981. 110 p. ill., maps, plans.
T-BF74a Texas architect. Austin: Texas Society of Architects, 1950- . Bimonthly and in April (7/yr.). $20/yr. (members); $25/yr. (nonmembers in U.S.) ISSN 0040-4179
T-BF75 Texas catalog: a list of measured drawings, photographs, and written documentation in the survey, 1974: Historic American Buildings Survey. Paul Goeldner, comp.; Lucy Pope Wheeler, S. Allen Chambers, Jr., ed. San Antonio: Trinity Univ. Pr., 1974. 247 p. ill., maps, plans.
T-BF76 The Texas courthouse. June Rayfield Welch, J. Larry Nance. Dallas: GLA Pr., 1971. iii, 342 p. ill.
T-BF77 The Texas Governor's Mansion: a history of the house and its occupants. Jean Houston Daniel, Price Daniel, Dorothy Blodgett. Austin: Texas State Library and Archives Commission; Liberty: Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center, 1984. 349 p. ill. (some color), plans, ports. ISBN 0-93836-801-X
T-BF78 Texas historic forts: architectural research: a report. Univ. of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture. Austin: Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept., 1968. 5 v. ill.
T-BF79 Texas homes of the nineteenth century. Drury Blakeley Alexander, Todd Webb; fore. by Harry H. Ransom; photographs by Todd Webb. Austin: pub. for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the Univ. of Texas Pr., 1966. ix, 276 p. ill., 201 plates (Texas architectural survey, no. 1) ISBN 0-292-73634-7
T-BF80 Texas houses built by the book: the use of published designs, 1850-1925. Margaret Culbertson. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1999. xviii, 129 p. ill., 154 figures (mostly photographs, all b&w). $39.95 ISBN 0-89096-863-2 (cloth); ISBN 0-585-38600-5 (ebook)
T-BF81 Texas log buildings: a folk architecture. Terry G. Jordan. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1978, 1994. 230 p. ill. ISBN 0-292-78023-0 (cloth); $19.95 ISBN 0-292-78051-6 (paper)
T-BF82 Texas missions and landmarks. Jack Harmon; fore. by Martin Goland; etchings by Warren Hunter. 2nd ed., rev. Austin: pub. for the Inst. of Texan Cultures at San Antonio by the Univ. of Texas Pr., 1978. iv, 57 p. ill. ISBN 0-933164-43-2 (cloth); ISBN 0-933164-17-3 (paper)
T-BF83 Texas public buildings of the nineteenth century. Willard Bethurem Robinson; fore. by Drury Blakeley Alexander; photos by Todd Webb. Austin: pub. for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the Univ. of Texas Pr., 1974. xiv, 290 p. ill. (Texas architectural survey, no. 2) ISBN 0-292-78006-0
T-BF83a Engraved prints of Texas, 1554-1900. Mavis P. Kelsey, Sr., and Robin Brandt Hutchison; introd. by Ron Tyler; fore. by Donald H. Dyal. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2005. xiii, 478 p. ill. (Sara and John Lindsey ser. in the arts and humanities, no. 9) $60 ISBN 1-58544-270-4
T-BF83b Forty Texas printmakers. Essay by James L. Fisher; fore. by E.A. Carmean, Jr. Fort Worth: Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 1990. vi, 146 p. ill. ISBN 0-929865-06-5 (paper)
T-BF84 Prints and printmakers of Texas: proceedings of the Twentieth Annual North American Print Conference. Ron Tyler, ed. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., 1997. x, 274 p. ill. $39.95 ISBN 0-87611-137-1 (cloth)
T-BF85 50 Texas artists: a critical selection of painters and sculptors working in Texas. Annette Carlozzi; Laurel Jones, comp.; portraits of the artists by Gay Block. San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1986. 120 p. ill. ISBN 0-87701-399-3 (cloth); ISBN 0-87701-372-1 (paper)
T-BF86 Contemporary Texas art: an exhibit of 100 paintings, the D. D. Feldman collection of contemporary Texas art. D. D. Feldman. Dallas: [s.n.], 1955. 27 p. ill.
T-BF87 Decorating Texas: decorative painting in the Lone Star State from the 1850s to the 1950s. Buie Harwood. Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1993. xii, 117 p. ill. ISBN 0-87565-113-5 (cloth); $29.95 ISBN 0-87565-114-3 (paper)
T-BF88 Fresh paint: the Houston School: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Barbara Rose, Susie Kalil. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1985. 256 p. ill. (some color), ports. ISBN 0-87719-000-3 (cloth); ISBN 0-87719-001-1 (paper)
T-BF89 Painting in Texas: the nineteenth century. Pauline A. Pinckney; introd. by Jerry Bywaters. Austin: pub. for the Amon Carter Museum of Western Art by the Univ. of Texas Pr., 1967. xx, 232 p. ill. (some color), ports.
T-BF90 Painting Texas history to 1900. Sam DeShong Ratcliffe. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1992. xlviii, 140 p. ill. (American studies ser.) $29.95 ISBN 0-292-78113-X (cloth)
T-BF91 Pecos to Rio Grande: interpretations of Far West Texas by eighteen artists. Ron Tyler; fore. by Frank H. Wardlow. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1983. 125 p. ill. (48 color) (Joe and Betty Moore Texas art ser., no. 6) $29.95 ISBN 0-89096-166-2 (cloth)
T-BF92 The rock art of Texas Indians. W. W. Newcomb, Jr.; paintings by Forrest Kirkland. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1967, reissued 1996. xiv, 239 p. ill. $70 ISBN 0-292-73676-2 (cloth); $34.95 ISBN 0-292-74326-2 (paper)
T-BF93 Rock art of the Lower Pecos. Carolyn E. Boyd. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2003. 160 p. ill., photos. (Texas A&M Univ. anthropology ser., no. 8) $45 ISBN 1-58544-259-3
T-BF94 Sam Chamberlain's Mexican War: the San Jacinto Museum of History paintings. William H. Goetzmann. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., pub. for the San Jacinto Museum of History, 1993. xii, 207 p. ill. (color), maps. $49.95 ISBN 0-87611-131-2 (cloth)
T-BF95 The Texas cowboy. Texas Cowboy Artists Assoc. staff; introd. by Elmer Kelton; text by Donald E. Worcester. Fort Worth: Texas Christian Univ. Pr., 1986. xx, 136 p. ill., plates (51 color). ISBN 0-87565-022-8
T-BF96 Texas images and visions. William H. Goetzmann; catalog by Becky Duval Reese. Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Univ. of Texas Pr., 1983. 168 p. ill. (some color) ISBN 0-292-73832-3 (paper)
T-BF97 The Texas Post Office murals: art for the people. Philip Parisi. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 2003. 192 p. ill. (Joe and Betty Moore Texas art ser., no. 14) $45 ISBN 1-58544-231-3
T-BF98 Behold the people: R. C. Hickman's photographs of Black Dallas, 1941-1961. R. C. Hickman; pref. by Barbara Jordan. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., pub. for the Center for American History, Univ. of Texas at Austin, 1994. xii, 128 p. ill. (Barker Texas History Center ser., no. 3) $29.95 ISBN 0-87611-136-3 (cloth)
T-BF99 Catalogue of the Amon Carter Museum photography collection. Carol E. Roark, Paula Ann Stewart, Mary Kennedy McCabe. Fort Worth: Amon Carter Museum, 1993. xi, 703 p. ill. $39.95 ISBN 0-88360-063-3 (cloth)
T-BF100 Contemporary Texas: a photographic portrait. Martha A. Sandweiss, general ed.; essay by Stephen Harrigan. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1986. 239 p. ill. (some color) ISBN 0-87719-026-7
T-BF101 The diamond years of Texas photography. Ava Crofford. Austin: Frank W. Evans, 1975. xii, 336 p. ill.
T-BF101a Fotofest: a platform for art and ideas. URL: http://www.fotofest.org
T-BF102 Historic Texas: a photographic portrait. Martha A. Sandweiss, general ed.; essay by William A. Owens; picture research by Richard Pearce-Moses. Austin: Texas Monthly Pr., 1986. 327 p. ill. ISBN 0-87719-021-6
T-BF103 Intercity bus lines of the Southwest: a photographic history. Jack Rhodes. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1988. xv, 158 p. ill. (Centennial ser. of the Assoc. of Former Students, no. 29) ISBN 0-89096-374-6
T-BF104 The panoramic photography of Eugene O. Goldbeck. Clyde W. Burleson, E. Jessica Hickman. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1986. 119 p. ill. ISBN 0-292-72725-9
T-BF105 Photographic collections in Texas: a union guide. Richard Pearce-Moses, ed. College Station: Texas A&M Univ., printed for the Texas Historical Foundation, 1987. xvi, 381 p. (Texas Historical Foundation ser.) $29.50 ISBN 0-89096-351-7 (paper)
T-BF106 The pictures of Texas Monthly: twenty-five years. Introd. by Stephen Harrigan; D. J. Stout, Nancy McMillen, ed.; guest curator Anne Wilkes Tucker. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998. 160 p. ill. ISBN 0-55670-705-3
T-BF107 Picturing Texas: the FSA-OWI photographers in the Lone Star State, 1935-1943. Robert L. Reid. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., 1994. vii, 208 p. ill. $49.95 ISBN 0-87611-140-1 (cloth)
T-BF108 Portraits of community: African American photography in Texas. Alan Govenar. Austin: Texas State Historical Assoc., 1996. vi, 272 p. ill. $49.95 ISBN 0-87611-153-3
T-BF109 Texas: a salute from above. T. R. Fehrenbach; text by T. R. Fehrenbach; photos by Bill Elzey, George Hall, Charles O'Rear, Tony Weissgarber. New York: Portland House, 1988. 272 p. ill. ISBN 0-517-66469-0
T-BF110 Texas in bloom. Introd. by Glen Evans; fore. by Lady Bird Johnson; pref. by Frank Lively and Tommie Pinkard. Repr. of 1984 ed. College Station: Texas A&M Univ. Pr., 1991. 144 p. ill. (color) (Louise Lindsey Merrick natural environment ser., no. 7) ISBN 0-89096-180-8
T-BF111 The unpretentious pose: the work of E. O. Goldbeck, a people's photographer. Marguerite Davenport. San Antonio: Trinity Univ. Pr., 1981. 191 p. ill. ISBN 0-911536-86-8
T-BF112 Views in Texas, 1895-96: a photographic tour of Texas made in the winter of 1895-96 by Henry Stark. Historical commentary by A. C. Greene. Austin: Encino Pr., 1974. 120 p. ill. $24.95 ISBN 0-88426-039-9 (cloth)
T-BF113 A century of sculpture in Texas, 1889-1989. Patricia D. Hendricks, Becky Duval Reese. Austin: Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, dist. by Univ. of Texas Pr., 1991. xiii, 185 p. ill. (b&w) ISBN 0-935213-18-X (paper)
T-BF114 A comprehensive guide to outdoor sculpture in Texas. Carol Morris Little. Austin: Univ. of Texas Pr., 1996. ix, 499 p. ill. $34.95 ISBN 0-292-76034-5 (cloth); $14.95 ISBN 0-292-76036-1 (paper)
Catalog of exhibition held at the Austin Museum of Art, Apr. 6-May 26, 2002.
See T-BC2.
Historical background of the Texas Fine Arts Assoc. and the Yanaguana Soc. Includes biographies of painters; sculptors; printmakers; crafts and craftsmen; cartoonists; fashion, costume and stage designers; architects; and woodcarvers. Although old, much on now-obscure Texas artists. Includes name index.
Visiting information, building and collection details, helpful hints, and b&w photos for larger or more important sites; abbreviated data for others.
Lists, with annotations, over 2,500 items. Books and articles from both general interest magazines and the Chicano press, as well as pamphlets, posters, exhibition flyers, and other ephemera. The subject heading "Texas" lists 36 mostly annotated sources.
Catalog of the collection, alphabetically arranged by artist. Each entry has b&w reproductions. Separate section of color plates. Includes bibliography and index.
Also available: http://www.artlies.org
Quarterly magazine of essays and reviews "designed to broadly examine contemporary art issues throughout Texas". Distributed throughout Texas and over 90 major art institutions.
Brief background of the cultural development, including sketches of area art clubs and the South Plains Art Guild. Biographical sketches and photographs of local artists are included.
Lavishly illustrated history of art education at an historically Black university.
Catalog of exhibition held at the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, the Univ. of Texas at Austin; the Inst. of Texan Cultures at San Antonio; and the Amarillo Art Center. Examines the work of Black Texas artists John W. Banks, Ezekiel Gibbs, Frank Jones, Naomi Polk, Rev. Johnnie Swearingen, and Willard "The Texas Kid" Watson. Includes bibliography.
Selective guide to the post-19th century American collection at the University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art, with color illustrations and documentation for the works of more than 100 artists, including several Texans. Introduction to the collection by Carlozzi, plus seven special essays.
Color illustrations and brief essays on the borks of more than 200 artists. Few Texas artists, but important as an overview of this University of Texas at Austin museum.
Selective guide to the Latin American collection at the University of Texas at Austin’s Blanton Museum of Art, with color illustrations and documentation for the works of some 100 artists. Includes seven special essays.
Newer guides to the collection exist, but this is valuable for its extensiveness. See also
Catalogue of the Amon Carter Museum photography collection (T-BF99). Small b&w photos for many entries. Well-indexed.
Essay and three full-page reproductions (the first in color) for each of 48 artists. Biographies section includes a photograph of each artist, exhibition history, and collections in which he or she is represented.
See T-BE28.
Essays on nearly 300 works of art, accompanied by color photos of each.
Basic biographical information on more than 2,500 artists who have lived, worked, or exhibited in Texas. A section of 157 color illustrations follows the main text. Extensive tables indicate which artists exhibited at which major annual Texas exhibitions and for which year(s). Includes bibliography.
Catalogue for exhibition "Finders/keepers" at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, May 10-Aug. 3, 1997. Essays focus on the history of the CAMH and its exhibitions since its founding in 1948. Full color catalogue section focuses on selected works which have remained in the community in museum or private collections since their exhibition at CAMH. A virtually complete and well-illustrated exhibition history, including the names of individual artists in group exhibitions, includes many Texas artists.
Exhibition catalog of 24 Texas artists. Includes education, exhibition history, grants, and awards received for each artist.
Includes events around the state, reviews, features, archive, and links to Texas museums and visual arts organizations.
Includes biographies of artists with pref., new table of contents, and new index. Old, but with much information on many now-obscure artists.
Includes appendices and index of artists and objects.
Color and b&w reproductions of some of the collection. Includes checklist of the AMST permanent collection 1956-1997.
Biographical sketches and photographs of 9 painters, and development of the "Texas School" of painting. Includes bibliography and index.
Large-format selection of representative items from Houston collection formed by John and Dominique de Menil. Accompanying essays by scholars. Index of artists.
Significant representation of Texas artists. Includes bibliography and index.
Companion to the exhibition "110 years: the permanent collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth" held at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Dec. 2002-Mar. 2003.
Illustrates and describes hundreds of works in the collection. Sections on Audrey Jones Beck Building, Caroline Weiss Law Building, Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden, Bayou Bend, and Rienzi. Includes checklist of artworks and ancillary illustrations, index, and map.
Catalog of exhibition of 11 artists at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston. Includes biographies and bibliographies.
Catalog of an exhibition held at Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery; McKinney Avenue Contemporary (Dallas); Tyler Museum of Art; and Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery (Univ. of Houston). Includes b&w photographs of each artist; exhibition checklist; list of exhibitions, collections, and bibliography for each artist; and selected general bibliography.
Catalog of exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Includes artist biographies, chronology of exhibitions of Texas art at MFAH, selected bibliography, and index.
Well-illustrated essays on 12 Texas art museums: Amarillo Museum of Art; Amon Carter Museum; Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art; Dallas Museum of Art; El Paso Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Old Jail Art Center; Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum; Sid Richardson Collection; San Antonio Museum of Art; Museum of the Southwest; and Stark Museum of Art.
Brief catalog of exhibition held at the Menil Collection's Richmond Hall.
See T-AL4.
Catalog of exhibition of 15 artists working in Texas at Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth; and Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi. Includes biographical data, selected exhibition history, and bibliography for each.
Encompasses all of the arts, including visual arts, music, and dance. Among the wealth of resources here are information on TCA grant programs, a list of Texas state artists, an online art event calendar searchable by city, links to museums and galleries throughout the state, and information on crafts and folk art. See also T-BG6.
The most extensive source of its kind for Texas artists of this period. Includes appendices on art education and on museums, associations, and exhibitions. Bibliography includes archival collections, books, catalogs, and periodicals. No illustrations.
Catalog of exhibition which traveled to five Texas museum galleries.
Accompanied exhibit at SMU’s Meadows Museum Nov. 21, 2004-Jan. 30, 2005. Index.
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ARCHITECTURE
Life and works of antebellum Texas architect responsible for Texas Governor's Mansion and Greek revival houses in Austin. Includes appendices and index.
Includes bibliography and index.
Extensive photos and floor plans of mostly Texas houses. Includes bibliography, glossary, and index.
Pt. 4: Tejas (pp. 151-182).
Describes in detail and with b&w illustrations, 103 sites from dams and bridges to windmills and lighthouses. Append. describes very briefly over 1,000 additional historic Texas engineering sites. Index.
Also available: netLibrary
Explores how the different ethnic cultures of pioneer immigrants to Texas, the geography of the areas they settled, and the materials available influenced the buildings and other structures they constructed. Divided into introduction to Texas folk building, methods and materials, style and form, barns and outbuildings, gates and fences, holding water, and restoration and preservation. Includes bibliographical chapter notes.
Primarily b&w photos with captions. Includes index of photographs.
Also available: http://www.rda.rice.edu
Large format illustrated magazine examines architecture, design, and planning issues in greater Houston and, infrequently, throughout Texas. Website, as of June 2005, provided tables of contents back to 1999 but no articles or indexing of Cite.
Emphasis on origins, role, symbolism, and social activity of Texas courthouse squares. Includes appendices (map of Texas counties; block patterns, features, and roles of Texas courthouse squares; note on sources and methods), bibliography, and index.
Color photographs of every Texas county courthouse. Includes bibliographic essay, index, and appendices dealing mainly with the naming of county seats and counties.
Illustrated history of Fort Worth's art deco architecture. Includes bibliography, glossary, and index.
Includes chapters on the Texas Centennial of 1936, Dallas by decades, historic preservation, planning, and the Texas Sesquicentennial of 1986. Index.
Includes bibliography, glossary, and index.
Descriptive essays on pre-20th century Texas post offices, houses, churches, barns, schools, etc. Accompanied by b&w photographs. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Includes homes in Central Texas, northeast Texas, Rio Grande, and southeast Texas. Geographically arranged, entries are usually brief historical sketches.
Twenty-five illustrated (b&w) articles, most with 2002 updates, selected from the first twenty years of Cite magazine. Index.
Extensive inventory of Galveston homes and other buildings, with b&w photographs, addresses, descriptions, and historical significance. Includes Galveston building types, bibliography, and index.
Beautiful b&w photographs and descriptions. Includes index.
Revised ed. of Texas pioneer buildings: a geometry lesson (1968). Minimal text. Many b&w photographs.
Also available: netLibrary
See T-CF8.
More than 250 photos and drawings. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Important for its photographs and text on important architectural sites. Includes bibliography and index.
Includes bibliography and index.
Valuable spiral-bound guide to hundreds of significant Houston buildings, with a small b&w photograph of each. Append. describes buildings demolished or altered since 1st ed. (1990). Index.
Contents: v. 1, downtown; v. 2, Fourth Ward/Allen Parkway, Houston Heights, North Side, East End, Riverside/Univ. of Houston; v. 3, River Oaks, Memorial Park area; v. 4, Montrose area, South End; v. 5, Hermann Park/Rice Univ. Area, Shadyside; v. 6, suppl. profiles, Buffalo Bayou Parkway, National Register entries, user's guide. Available at Fondren Library, Rice Univ.
Originally pub. by Rice Univ. Pr., 1991. Includes index.
Color reproductions of 10 Texas forts. An extensive historical description of each fort is provided. Includes suggested readings and a historical map of fort location.
Color photos of 20 of "Texas' proudest architectural achievements". Drawn from the 1983 Texas Soc. of Architects' exhibit "Creating tomorrow's heritage". Includes such works as the Paseo del Rio in San Antonio, the Capitol, and the missions in San Antonio. Historical discussion for each building.
Includes maps, bibliography, and index.
Useful for the realistic paintings and commentary.
Covers much material from out-of-print items as well as some new to this book. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
History, plans, and b&w photographs of Johnson's Texas buildings. Includes index.
Numerous b&w photos. Includes index.
Also available: netLibrary
Includes 300 b&w illustrations (mostly photos), glossary, bibliography, and index.
Covers the restoration of Texas' most historic buildings. Includes bibliography and index.
An interesting description of 17 restored Texas inns. Lodging information is dated, but historical background and photographs are useful.
Includes bibliography.
Also available: http://www.texasarchitect.org
Magazine and website promote TSA’s mission “to be the voice of the Texas architectural profession uniting AIA members to advance the profession, serve society, and improve the built environment.” Website provides text and illustrations for current issue and increasingly complete indexing for earlier volumes.
Also available: Library of Congress, microfilm (roll #57)
Comp. for the National Park Service Office of Archaeology and Historical Preservation. Includes index.
Includes large b&w photographs of all current county courthouses as of 1971. Very brief histories of these and earlier courthouses. Includes bibliography and index.
Appendices include chart of structural changes, 1869-1983. Includes bibliography and index.
Contents: v. 1, Fort Leaton; v. 2, Fort McKavett; v. 3, Fort Lancaster; v. 4, Fort Griffin; v. 5, Fort Richardson. Includes bibliographies.
Photographs of 19th century homes with description and construction dates. Includes bibliography and index.
Also available: netLibrary
Includes bibliography and index.
Surveys the origins and types of horizontal log construction used by people from different cultural backgrounds who settled in various parts of Texas. Based on
Texas log cabin register. The 1994 2nd paperback printing includes a new preface. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
Brief sketches of the most notable Texas landmarks and Spanish missions.
Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
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GRAPHIC ARTS
Thorough bibliographic and institutional holding data, with generous selection of print reproductions. Notes, references, suggested readings, and index.
Includes one col. reproduction by, b&w photo of, and education/exhibition history of each artist in exhibit curated by Fisher: “Printmaking in Texas: The 1980s.” His essay looks at university and private print workshops in contemporary Texas.
Compiled from presentations made at the 1988 conference held in Austin. Entries range from graphic arts and the Republic of Texas to the panoramic photography of E. O. Goldbeck to maverick poster artists of Austin to Richard Pearce-Moses' reflections on compiling Photographic collections in Texas: a union guide (T-BF105). Includes index.
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Includes brief comments by the artists about their work and an illustration for each artist.
A catalog designed and produced by Charles B. Russell and Assoc., Inc., containing reproductions of paintings representing varied techniques, media, and subject matter. A separate paper supplement provides photos and profiles of the artists.
Appendices include glossary, inventory of artists, documentation of colors and patterns, and inventory of decorated Texas structures. Bibliography.
Exhibition catalog with an essay by Susie Kalil on the history of painting in Houston from 1900 to 1985. Catalog includes an example of each artist's work and a statement of philosophy. A chronology lists basic biographical information, exhibitions, and bibliography for each artist.
Contains historical and biographical information on Texas art and artists with color and b&w reproductions. Includes bibliography and index.
A well-illustrated examination of the works of more than 40 artists who depicted events in Texas history. A large section of color plates precedes the text. Includes bibliography and index.
Includes biographical sketches and photographs of the artists.
Amply illustrated guide. Includes introductions to Forrest Kirkland and his paintings, rock art, and the world's rock art; followed by Texas Indian rock art by region. Includes 160 plates (some color), 44 photographs, 7 maps, appendix, bibliography, and index.
Explores the meanings of rock paintings at Rattlesnake Canyon, White Shaman, Panther Cave, Mystic Shelter, and Cedar Springs. Includes 5 color photos, 60 b&w drawings, bibliography, and index.
Includes some 160 color illustrations by Chamberlain, whose watercolors chronicled the 1846-47 war with Mexico. Includes index.
History of the Texas cowboy captured in sculpture, paintings, and drawings.
Catalog for exhibition held at the Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, the Art Museum of South Texas, and Amarillo Art Center. Includes bibliography and index.
Explores the origins, social context, and restoration and preservation efforts of New Deal-era murals created in 69 Texas post offices and federal buildings. Includes 36 color plates, 79 b&w photos, bibliography, and index.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Minimal text but outstanding b&w photographs. Includes bibliography and list of plates and negative numbers.
Detailed data on nearly 6,000 exhibition-quality prints. Includes some 1,400 b&w reproductions, bibliography arranged by photographer, and list of photographic exhibitions at the Amon Carter Museum.
Photographs commissioned by the Texas Historical Foundation in 1984. 16 photographers documented some aspect of Texas. Includes statements by each photographer, biographical data, exhibition and publication histories, and collections which include the photographer's work.
A history of the Texas Professional Photographers Assoc. from its founding in 1898 to 1975. No index.
Information related to past and future editions of international photography biennial held in Houston since 1986, as well as inter-biennial exhibitions and events.
Rich selection of historical photographs arranged by decade, pre-1869 through 1970s. Detailed captions.
Focus is on Texas. Includes bibliography and index.
Pt. 1 traces the life of the San Antonio photographer (born 1892) to 1982. Pt. 2 discusses the panoramic camera and processing techniques. Pt. 3 contains notes to the reader. Reproductions of a number of Goldbeck's panoramic photographs fold out to over 4 feet long.
Includes holdings descriptions of abstracted and unabstracted collections; list of collections; and geographic, personal name, photographer, and subject indexes. This is the place to see if a particular photographer's works were held in a Texas collection as of 1987.
Large-format photographs by Texan and non-Texan photographers. Very little text, but important for the photographs.
Topically arranged b&w photographs and text. Includes index.
Essays on, and b&w photographs from, 24 photographers or studios. Includes appendices listing African American photographers in Texas, 1866-1994, and African-American newspapers and magazines in Texas. Index.
Aerial photographs of the state. An earlier ed. was published by Texas Books and Kevin Weldon in 1985 (ISBN 0-940672-28-6).
Color photographs of spring roadside flowers throughout the state from Texas highways magazine.
A short biography, details on the panoramic camera, and dozens of photographs, including some fold-out panoramic scenes. Includes bibliographical essay, index of photographs, and index of names and places.
Includes 100 b&w photographs made by Henry Stark.
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SCULPTURE
Study of the history of sculpture in Texas. Includes biographies of contemporary Texas sculptors and bibliography.
Alphabetically arranged by city. Lists sculptor; title, date, dimensions, and medium of sculpture; location; funding source; and commentary. Small b&w photograph for each entry. Includes glossary, bibliography, and index.
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