Pablita Velarde: The Story of an American Indian

Pablita Velarde: The Story of an American Indian, by Mary Carroll Nelson

The biography of one of the most famous Native American women artists of the 20th Century, a woman painter of traditional Pueblo Indian themes. This slim volume relates the biography the story of Pablita Velarde from babyhood to maturity (the artist was around 50 years old at the time the book was published). Velarde was one of the most notable women Native American artists of the 20th Century, a painter who helped to revive and preserve traditional Indian art forms. The book is inscribed and signed by the artist.

Published by Dillon Press, Minneapolis MN, 1971, 1st Edition
Hardcover: 58 pages
ISBN: 87518037-X
6 ½ x 9 ¼ x 12 inches