Jet Dreams: Art of the Fifties in the Northwest

Published in conjunction with an exhibition organized by the Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Washington, March-June 1995, also presented in modified form at Reed College, Portland, Oregon, August-October 1995. Presents an overview of the visual arts in the Northwest architecture, painting, sculpture, and crafts in the historical and economic context of postwar development, reflecting the decade's popular belief in progress along with its anxiety. Heavily illustrated in b&w, with ten pages of color. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.