byStuartR.KaplanwithMaryK.Greer,ElizabethFoleyO’ConnorandMelindaBoydParsons.PamelaColmanSmith:TheUntoldStorybringstogethertheworkoffourdistinguishedscholarswhohavedevotedyearsofresearchtouncoverthelifeandartisticaccomplishmentsofPamelaColmanSmith.KnowntomillionsasthecreatoroftheRider-WaiteTarotdeck,PamelaColmanSmith(1878-1951)wasalsoastageandcostumedesigner,folklorist,poet,author,illustratorofballadsandfolktales,suffragette,andpublisherofbooksandbroadsheets.Thiscollaborativeworkpresents:arichlyillustratedbiographyofPamela’slifewithessaysontheeventsandpeoplethatinfluencedherincludingJackYeats,EllenTerry,AlfredStieglitz,BramStokerandWilliamGillette.Thereisalsoachronologicalsurveyofherfolktales,artandpoetryandanexplorationofherlastinglegacy.Over400colorimagesofPamela’snon-tarotarthavebeencuratedfromherpublicationsincludingABroadSheet,TheGreenSheaf,BlueBeard,Annancystories,Russianballet,costumes,stagedesigns,Irishmagazines,bookillustrations,postersandmuchmore.This440-pagevolumealsoincludes:SelectpagesincludingautographswithsketchesandscribblingsreproducedfromPamela’s1901-1905Visitorsbook,Pamela’spersonaldocuments,correspondence,portraits,andphotographs,Rarearchivalmaterialfromseveralleadingmuseumsandlibraries,ExtensiveBibliographyof525entriesandIndexwithover2,000listings.PamelaColmanSmith:TheUntoldStoryisthemostcomprehensiveandexhaustivecollectionofworksbyandaboutPamelaColmanSmithpublishedtodate.
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