Roger Hane Art Times & Tragedy [Slipcased DLX Hc]: Ltd Deluxe Slipcased Hc, (Hardcover)

A comprehensive collection of artwork from one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century.

IPPY Award-winning book features near-300 pages of art and biography on the star illustrator of The Chronicles of Narnia, Clapton's Goodbye Cream album, Carlos Castaneda's Separate Reality, and more. Roger Hane revived American illustration toward the fantastic and surreal. Two weeks after being named Artist of the Year, Hane was senselessly murdered. At the time his art graced the covers of New York and Fortune magazines.

To graduates at Philadelphia College of Art, foremost American designer, Milton Glaser, who provides the foreword for this tome, said "At the time of his death, Roger Hane was the best illustrator in America." Walt Reed, of Illustration House Gallery said, "Roger Hane had become an indelible symbol of the 1970s and the best of illustration of that era..."

In this impressive compendium, award-winning visual arts and media producer and friend of Roger Hane, Robert C. Hunsicker, expands upon the great illustrator's career and tragic demise. This LTD deluxe edition features a unique slipcased and 16-page bonus folio of art not found in the trade edition.