Northwest Mythologies: The Interactions of Mark Tobey, Morris Graves, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson

Published in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, this catalog offers two extensive essays by curators Conkelton and Landau, who draw on letters, interviews, and new analyses of the artists' works to investigate how these "mystic painters of the Northwest" influenced one another. The four painters were friends and colleagues for only a few years around the time of World War II, and their styles are entirely individual and distinctive; yet they are linked by their association with the Pacific Northwest and by underlying philosophical interests. A section of plates is followed by a timeline, exhibition checklist, and bibliography. Slightly oversize: 9.5x11.25