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FOR OVER FIVE decades Charley Harper has
been illustrating our world. From his science paintings for the Giant Golden Book
of Biology, to the lyrical line drawings in Betty Crocker's Dinner for Two CookBook,
Mr. Harper's hand is undeniable.
Painting in a style he calls "minimal realism', he captures the essence of his subject
using the fewest elements possible. 'I don't count the feathers, I just count
the wings.'
For the first time, his life's work is being presented in
CHARLEY HARPER: AN ILLUSTRATED LIFE
by TODD OLDHAM
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BOOK WITH STANDARD COVER
HARDCOVER
6 X 8.5 INCHES
424 PAGES
$29.95 (Available 10/11)
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BOOK WITH STANDARD COVER
HARDCOVER
12 X 8.5 INCHES
420 PAGES
$49.95
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BOOK WITH STANDARD COVER
HARDCOVER
17.3 X 12.2 INCHES
440 PAGES
$200
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LIMITED EDITIONS AVAILABLE
Each numbered, limited edition book is signed by Charley Harper & Todd Oldham.
Each edition comes with an elegant cloth slipcase and a special-edition silkscreen
print.
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LIMITED EDITION 1
HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE
WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT GRAND CANYON, 1952
17 X 12 INCHES
440 PAGES
17.3 X 12.2 INCHES
250 NUMBERED COPIES
$400
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LIMITED EDITION 2
HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE
WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT SHADOW DANCERS, 1960
17 X 12 INCHES
440 PAGES
17.3 X 12.2 INCHES
250 NUMBERED COPIES
$800
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LIMITED EDITION 3
HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE
WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT MOUNTAIN BLUEBIRD, 1956
17 X 12 INCHES
440 PAGES
17.3 X 12.2 INCHES
250 NUMBERED COPIES
$400
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LIMITED EDITION 4
HARDCOVER WITH SLIPCASE
WITH SILKSCREEN PRINT GREEN JAY, 1956
17 X 12 INCHES
440 PAGES
17.3 X 12.2 INCHES
250 NUMBERED COPIES
$600
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Birds & Words - small - Limited Editions
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LIMITED EDITION 1
Birds & Words - small - with Flamingo print
8 X 6 INCHES
152 PAGES
1000 NUMBERED COPIES
$50
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LIMITED EDITION 2
Birds & Words - small - with Heath Hen print
8 X 6 INCHES
152 PAGES
1000 NUMBERED COPIES
$50
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LIMITED EDITION 3
Birds & Words - small - with Red-Eyed Vireo print
8 X 6 INCHES
152 PAGES
1000 NUMBERED COPIES
$50
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LIMITED EDITION 4
Birds & Words - small - with Snowy Egret print
8 X 6 INCHES
152 PAGES
1000 NUMBERED COPIES
$50
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Birds & Words - original
Hardcover - limited edition
8.5 X 6.5 INCHES
152 PAGES
CFQ
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Charley Harper answers the questions he is asked most often about his work, challenges
your previous perception of nature with 114 pictures and paragraphs (on 132 pages,
11 1/4 x 11 1/4), and offers a new and unexpected - and unprecedented - way to enjoy
it, both visually and verbally. Unlike traditional surrealistic wildlife art, his
is flat, simple, and funny. Instead of putting all the details in when he paints,
he tries to leave them all out; he reduces nature to the simplest possible visual
terms without losing identity, thereby enhancing identity. Minimal realism, he calls
it, adding, "When Audubon painted a bird, he had to count all the feathers in the
wings. I just count the wings."
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Samples from the Book
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Buy the Charley Harper Book, Beguiled by the Wild -N/A
(please note when purchasing, you need to select the
UPS Ground - Book option for shipping)
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Colors - skinny version
6 X 6 INCHES
20 PAGES
$9.95
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123's - skinny version
6 X 6 INCHES
20 PAGES
$9.95
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ABC's - skinny version
6 X 6 INCHES
20 PAGES
$9.95
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Charley Harper's ABC's
6 x 6
64 chunky pages
$14.95
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Charley Harper's Bird's & Words
8 x 6
152 pages
$27.95
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EDIE HARPER
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MY NOSE IS RUNNING
11 X 9 INCHES
22 PAGES
$12.95
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OTHER BOOKS
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Animal Kingdom Book of Postcards
30 PAGES (different postcards)
7 X 5 INCHES
$9.95
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Birds Book of Postcards
30 PAGES (different postcards)
7 X 5 INCHES
$9.95
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