Copyright © 2009 Helen Park Bigelow
All images by David Park © The Estate of David Park
First published by Hudson Hills Press LLC 2009
First Counterpoint edition 2015
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.
Previously published material, adapted for this book and used with permission, has appeared in The Monthly: The East Bay’s Premier Magazine of Culture and Commerce, June 1998; The San Francisco Examiner Magazine, September 21, 1997; House Beautiful Magazine, March 1994; The Palo Alto Cultural Center Members’ Newsletter, Winter 1994; and The Museum of California Magazine, July–August 1989.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Bigelow, Helen Park.
David Park, painter: nothing held back / Helen Park Bigelow; foreword by Richard Armstrong. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Park, David, 1911-1960. 2. Painters—United States—Biography. I. Park, David, 1911-1960. II. Title. III. Title: Nothing held back.
ND237.P24B54 2009
759.13—dc22
[B]
2009013963
Design: David Skolkin: Skolkin + Chickey, Santa Fe, NM
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