Random Thoughts and Memories

Title: Random Thoughts and Memories

Author: Scholder, Fritz

Publication: Scottsdale, Arizona: ARC Press, 1979.

Description: Miniature book of poetry by renowned Indigenous artist Fritz Scholder. One of 500 copies printed at The Stinehour Press. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Bound in quarter navy cloth with tan cloth sides, gilt lettering, and marbled endpapers. 2.875 x 2.125 inches; 24 unnumbered pages (printed on double leaves, last two pages blank). Bookplate of collector Dorothy Rowe Shaw on front free endpaper. Light wear to the corners. Overall, a Near Fine and collectible copy. Fritz Scholder (1937-2005) was best known for his paintings, prints, and sculptures, which have been exhibited in numerous major art museums around the world. He was an enrolled member of the La Jolla Band of Luiseńos, a California Mission tribe. He was inducted posthumously into the California Hall of Fame in 2009.